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Matthew 23:30

Made Simple — Modern English Translation

Translated by Verse Made Simple Editorial
KJV ORIGINAL
And say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.
Close to the original. Clear modern English.
✦ MADE SIMPLE

And they're like, 'If we had lived back when our ancestors did, we totally wouldn't have joined them in killing the prophets.'

⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE

It's easy to think you'd be different when you're not the one being tested.

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The original manuscript text provided is based on the King James Version (KJV), which is in the public domain. Our modern English simplifications are generated via proprietary philological synthesis, cross-referenced against Strong's Exhaustive Concordance and the Textus Receptus to ensure unwavering theological and etymological precision.

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