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Matthew 23:32New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
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32 Well, then, fill up the measure of your forefathers.
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Matthew 23:32The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures
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32 καὶ ὑμεῖς πληρώσατε τὸ μέτρον τῶν πατέρων ὑμῶν.
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Matthew 23:32King James Version
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32 Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers.
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Matthew 23:32American Standard Version
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32 Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers.
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Matthew 23:32The Bible in Living English
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32 fill up your fathers’ measure yourselves!
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Matthew Study Notes—Chapter 23New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
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fill up the measure of your forefathers: Or “finish off the works that your forefathers started.” The literal meaning of this idiomatic expression is “to fill up a measure that someone else has started to fill.” Jesus is not commanding the Jewish leaders to finish what their ancestors started. Rather, he is using irony in foretelling that they would kill him, as their ancestors killed God’s prophets of former times.
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