that the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation,
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Luke 11:50 in context
Luke 11:47–53
47
Woe to you! For you build the tombs of the prophets, and your fathers killed them.
48
So you testify and consent to the works of your fathers. For they killed them, and you build their tombs.
49
Therefore also the wisdom of God said, ‘I will send to them prophets and apostles; and some of them they will kill and persecute,
50
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that the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation,
51
from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zachariah, who perished between the altar and the sanctuary.’ Yes, I tell you, it will be required of this generation.
52
Woe to you lawyers! For you took away the key of knowledge. You didn’t enter in yourselves, and those who were entering in, you hindered.”
53
As he said these things to them, the scribes and the Pharisees began to be terribly angry, and to draw many things out of him,
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