Native Bible

Matthew 23:30 · Biblica® Open Kiswahili Contemporary Version 2015

Nanyi mwasema, ‘Kama tungaliishi wakati wa baba zetu, tusingalikuwa tumeshiriki katika kumwaga damu ya manabii!’

Matthew 23:30 in English

Matthew 23:30 · Berean Standard Bible

And you say, ‘If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partners with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.’

Context

28Vivyo hivyo, kwa nje ninyi mnaonekana kwa watu kuwa wenye haki, lakini kwa ndani mmejaa unafiki na uovu. 29“Ole wenu, walimu wa sheria na Mafarisayo, ninyi wanafiki! Mnajenga makaburi ya manabii na kuyapamba makaburi ya wenye haki. 30Nanyi mwasema, ‘Kama tungaliishi wakati wa baba zetu, tusingalikuwa tumeshiriki katika kumwaga damu ya manabii!’ 31Hivyo mnajishuhudia wenyewe kwamba ninyi ni wana wa wale waliowaua manabii. 32Haya basi, kijazeni kipimo cha dhambi ya baba zenu!

Swahili text and audio: Biblica® Open Kiswahili Contemporary Version™, made available under an open license by Biblica, Inc.