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class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/matthew/23.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/matthew/23.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />Go ahead, then, and complete what your ancestors started!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/matthew/23.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Go ahead and finish what your ancestors started.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/matthew/23.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Fill up, then, the measure of your fathers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/matthew/23.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Fill up, then, the measure of the sin of your fathers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/matthew/23.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />You, then, fill up the measure of your fathers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/matthew/23.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/matthew/23.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Fill up, then, the measure of your fathers’ <i>guilt.</i><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/matthew/23.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Fill up, then, the measure <i>of the guilt</i> of your fathers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/matthew/23.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220Fill up, then, the measure of the guilt of your fathers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/matthew/23.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“Fill up then the measure <i>of the guilt</i> of your fathers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/matthew/23.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Fill up, then, the measure <i>of the guilt</i> of your fathers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/matthew/23.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Fill up, then, the [allotted] measure <i>of the guilt</i> of your fathers’ <i>sins</i>.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/matthew/23.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Fill up, then, the measure of your ancestors’ sins!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/matthew/23.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Fill up, then, the measure of your fathers&#8217 sins! <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/matthew/23.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/matthew/23.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />So keep on doing everything they did. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/matthew/23.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/matthew/23.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Go ahead, finish what your ancestors started!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/matthew/23.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Go on, then, and finish up what your ancestors started! <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/matthew/23.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Then finish what your ancestors started!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/matthew/23.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Fill up, then, the measure of the sin of your fathers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/matthew/23.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Fill up then the measure of your ancestors!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/matthew/23.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Fill up, then, the measure of your fathers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/matthew/23.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/matthew/23.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />Fill up the measure of your forefathers' guilt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/matthew/23.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Fill up, then, the measure of your fathers. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/matthew/23.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />and you fill up the measure of your fathers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/matthew/23.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />You, then, fill up the measure of your fathers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/matthew/23.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> and ye -- ye fill up the measure of your fathers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/matthew/23.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And fill ye up yourselves the measure of your fathers.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/matthew/23.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/matthew/23.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Complete, then, the measure of your fathers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/matthew/23.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />now fill up what your ancestors measured out!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/matthew/23.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Fill up, then, the measure of your ancestors.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/matthew/23.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />You also fill up the measure of your fathers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/aramaic-plain-english/matthew/23.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a></span><br />So fulfill the standard of your forefathers.<div class="vheading2"><b>NT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/anderson/matthew/23.htm">Anderson New Testament</a></span><br />Do you also fill up the measure of your fathers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/godbey/matthew/23.htm">Godbey New Testament</a></span><br /><FR>And you fill up the measure of your fathers.<Fr><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/haweis/matthew/23.htm">Haweis New Testament</a></span><br />Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/mace/matthew/23.htm">Mace New Testament</a></span><br />children that can't fail to fill up the measure of your fathers iniquities.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/matthew/23.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />Fill up the measure of your forefathers' guilt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worrell/matthew/23.htm">Worrell New Testament</a></span><br /><FR>and fill ye up the measure of your fathers.<Fr><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worsley/matthew/23.htm">Worsley New Testament</a></span><br /><FR>fill up then the measure of your fathers, ye serpents, ye brood of vipers:<Fr><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/matthew/23-32.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/hriiyJYqzvc?start=6968" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/matthew/23.htm">Woes to Scribes and Pharisees</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">31</span>So you testify against yourselves that you are the sons of those who murdered the prophets. <span class="reftext">32</span><span class="highl"><a href="/greek/4137.htm" title="4137: plērōsate (V-AMA-2P) -- From pleres; to make replete, i.e. to cram, level up, or to furnish, satisfy, execute, finish, verify, etc.">Fill up,</a> <a href="/greek/4771.htm" title="4771: hymeis (PPro-N2P) -- You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou."></a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">then,</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: to (Art-ANS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">the</a> <a href="/greek/3358.htm" title="3358: metron (N-ANS) -- An apparently primary word; a measure, literally or figuratively; by implication, a limited portion.">measure of the sin</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tōn (Art-GMP) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">of</a> <a href="/greek/4771.htm" title="4771: hymōn (PPro-G2P) -- You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.">your</a> <a href="/greek/3962.htm" title="3962: paterōn (N-GMP) -- Father, (Heavenly) Father, ancestor, elder, senior. Apparently a primary word; a father.">fathers.</a> </span> <span class="reftext">33</span>You snakes! You brood of vipers! How will you escape the sentence of hell?…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/21-38.htm">Matthew 21:38-41</a></span><br />But when the tenants saw the son, they said to one another, ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him and take his inheritance.’ / So they seized him and threw him out of the vineyard and killed him. / Therefore, when the owner of the vineyard returns, what will he do to those tenants?” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/11-47.htm">Luke 11:47-51</a></span><br />Woe to you! For you build tombs for the prophets, but it was your fathers who killed them. / So you are witnesses consenting to the deeds of your fathers: They killed the prophets, and you build their tombs. / Because of this, the wisdom of God said, ‘I will send them prophets and apostles; some of them they will kill and others they will persecute.’ ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/13-34.htm">Luke 13:34-35</a></span><br />O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling! / Look, your house is left to you desolate. And I tell you that you will not see Me again until you say, ‘Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/8-44.htm">John 8:44</a></span><br />You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out his desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, refusing to uphold the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, because he is a liar and the father of lies.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/7-51.htm">Acts 7:51-52</a></span><br />You stiff-necked people with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit, just as your fathers did. / Which of the prophets did your fathers fail to persecute? They even killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One. And now you are His betrayers and murderers—<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_thessalonians/2-15.htm">1 Thessalonians 2:15-16</a></span><br />who killed both the Lord Jesus and their own prophets and drove us out as well. They are displeasing to God and hostile to all men, / hindering us from telling the Gentiles how they may be saved. As a result, they continue to heap up their sins to full capacity; the utmost wrath has come upon them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/11-36.htm">Hebrews 11:36-38</a></span><br />Still others endured mocking and flogging, and even chains and imprisonment. / They were stoned, they were sawed in two, they were put to death by the sword. They went around in sheepskins and goatskins, destitute, oppressed, and mistreated. / The world was not worthy of them. They wandered in deserts and mountains, and hid in caves and holes in the ground.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/36-15.htm">2 Chronicles 36:15-16</a></span><br />Again and again the LORD, the God of their fathers, sent word to His people through His messengers because He had compassion on them and on His dwelling place. / But they mocked the messengers of God, despising His words and scoffing at His prophets, until the wrath of the LORD against His people was stirred up beyond remedy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nehemiah/9-26.htm">Nehemiah 9:26</a></span><br />But they were disobedient and rebelled against You; they flung Your law behind their backs. They killed Your prophets, who had admonished them to return to You. They committed terrible blasphemies.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/7-25.htm">Jeremiah 7:25-26</a></span><br />From the day your fathers came out of the land of Egypt until this day, I have sent you all My servants the prophets again and again. / Yet they would not listen to Me or incline their ear, but they stiffened their necks and did more evil than their fathers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/25-4.htm">Jeremiah 25:4-7</a></span><br />And the LORD has sent all His servants the prophets to you again and again, but you have not listened or inclined your ear to hear. / The prophets told you, ‘Turn now, each of you, from your evil ways and deeds, and you can dwell in the land that the LORD has given to you and your fathers forever and ever. / Do not follow other gods to serve and worship them, and do not provoke Me to anger with the works of your hands. Then I will do you no harm.’ ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/44-4.htm">Jeremiah 44:4-6</a></span><br />Yet I sent you all My servants the prophets again and again, saying: ‘Do not do this detestable thing that I hate.’ / But they did not listen or incline their ears; they did not turn from their wickedness or stop burning incense to other gods. / Therefore My wrath and anger poured out and burned in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem, so that they have become the desolate ruin they are today.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/2-3.htm">Ezekiel 2:3-5</a></span><br />“Son of man,” He said to me, “I am sending you to the Israelites, to a rebellious nation that has rebelled against Me. To this very day they and their fathers have rebelled against Me. / They are obstinate and stubborn children. I am sending you to them, and you are to say to them, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says.’ / And whether they listen or refuse to listen—for they are a rebellious house—they will know that a prophet has been among them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/20-30.htm">Ezekiel 20:30-31</a></span><br />Therefore tell the house of Israel that this is what the Lord GOD says: Will you defile yourselves the way your fathers did, prostituting yourselves with their abominations? / When you offer your gifts, sacrificing your sons in the fire, you continue to defile yourselves with all your idols to this day. So should I be consulted by you, O house of Israel? As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, I will not be consulted by you!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zechariah/1-4.htm">Zechariah 1:4-6</a></span><br />Do not be like your fathers, to whom the former prophets proclaimed that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Turn now from your evil ways and deeds.’ But they did not listen or pay attention to Me, declares the LORD. / Where are your fathers now? And the prophets, do they live forever? / But did not My words and My statutes, which I commanded My servants the prophets, overtake your fathers? They repented and said, ‘Just as the LORD of Hosts purposed to do to us according to our ways and deeds, so He has done to us.’”</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Fill you up then the measure of your fathers.</p><p class="hdg">the measure.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/15-16.htm">Genesis 15:16</a></b></br> But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorites <i>is</i> not yet full.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/numbers/32-14.htm">Numbers 32:14</a></b></br> And, behold, ye are risen up in your fathers' stead, an increase of sinful men, to augment yet the fierce anger of the LORD toward Israel.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/zechariah/5-6.htm">Zechariah 5:6-11</a></b></br> And I said, What <i>is</i> it? And he said, This <i>is</i> an ephah that goeth forth. He said moreover, This <i>is</i> their resemblance through all the earth… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/matthew/23-30.htm">Fathers</a> <a href="/matthew/15-33.htm">Fill</a> <a href="/matthew/23-30.htm">Forefathers</a> <a href="/matthew/23-28.htm">Full</a> <a href="/matthew/12-7.htm">Guilt</a> <a href="/matthew/7-2.htm">Measure</a> <a href="/matthew/18-21.htm">Sin</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/mark/7-5.htm">Fathers</a> <a href="/mark/6-43.htm">Fill</a> <a href="/luke/1-55.htm">Forefathers</a> <a href="/matthew/24-3.htm">Full</a> <a href="/mark/3-29.htm">Guilt</a> <a href="/mark/4-21.htm">Measure</a> <a href="/matthew/26-28.htm">Sin</a><div class="vheading2">Matthew 23</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/matthew/23-1.htm">Jesus admonishes the people to follow good doctrine, not bad examples</a></span><br><span class="reftext">5. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/matthew/23-5.htm">His disciples must beware of their ambition.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">13. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/matthew/23-13.htm">He denounces eight woes against their hypocrisy and blindness,</a></span><br><span class="reftext">34. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/matthew/23-34.htm">and prophesies of the destruction of Jerusalem.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/matthew/23.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/matthew/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/matthew/23.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Fill up, then,</b><br>This phrase is a command that carries a tone of irony and judgment. Jesus is addressing the religious leaders, urging them to continue in their current path, which will lead to the completion of their ancestors' sins. The use of "fill up" suggests reaching a limit or a point of culmination, indicating that their actions are bringing about a final judgment. This reflects the biblical principle that God’s patience has limits, as seen in <a href="/genesis/15-16.htm">Genesis 15:16</a>, where the iniquity of the Amorites had not yet reached its full measure.<p><b>the measure of the sin</b><br>The "measure" refers to a standard or limit of sinfulness that God allows before executing judgment. This concept is seen throughout Scripture, where God allows a certain amount of sin before intervening, as in the case of Sodom and Gomorrah (<a href="/genesis/18-20.htm">Genesis 18:20-21</a>). The idea of a "measure" also implies accountability and the certainty of divine justice. The religious leaders are being warned that their persistent rebellion and hypocrisy are filling up this measure.<p><b>of your fathers.</b><br>This phrase connects the current generation of religious leaders with their ancestors, who also rejected God's messengers. It highlights a pattern of behavior that has persisted through generations, emphasizing the continuity of rebellion against God. The "fathers" refers to previous generations of Israelites who persecuted the prophets, as mentioned in <a href="/matthew/23-29.htm">Matthew 23:29-31</a>. This connection underscores the seriousness of their actions and the impending judgment, as they are repeating the sins of their forebears. The reference to "fathers" also serves as a reminder of the covenant relationship with God, which they are failing to uphold.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/jesus_christ.htm">Jesus Christ</a></b><br>The speaker of this verse, addressing the scribes and Pharisees with a stern warning about their behavior and spiritual state.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/s/scribes_and_pharisees.htm">Scribes and Pharisees</a></b><br>The religious leaders of the time, known for their strict adherence to the law but criticized by Jesus for their hypocrisy and spiritual blindness.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/f/fathers/ancestors.htm">Fathers/Ancestors</a></b><br>Refers to the previous generations of Israelites who had rejected the prophets and God's messages, leading to a history of rebellion against God.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/j/jerusalem.htm">Jerusalem</a></b><br>The city where Jesus is delivering this message, a central place of worship and religious authority in Jewish life.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/p/prophets.htm">Prophets</a></b><br>The messengers sent by God throughout Israel's history, often rejected and persecuted by the people, including the ancestors of the scribes and Pharisees.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/u/understanding_spiritual_heritage.htm">Understanding Spiritual Heritage</a></b><br>Recognize the importance of learning from the past to avoid repeating the same mistakes. Reflect on how spiritual heritage can influence current behavior and beliefs.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/hypocrisy_and_true_righteousness.htm">Hypocrisy and True Righteousness</a></b><br>Examine personal faith and actions to ensure they align with true righteousness rather than outward appearances. Avoid the hypocrisy that Jesus condemned in the Pharisees.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/responsibility_and_accountability.htm">Responsibility and Accountability</a></b><br>Acknowledge personal responsibility for one's actions and the need to be accountable to God. Understand that each generation is responsible for its own choices.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_danger_of_rejecting_god's_messengers.htm">The Danger of Rejecting God's Messengers</a></b><br>Be open to receiving God's truth, even when it challenges or convicts. Recognize the importance of heeding the messages of those God sends.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_call_to_repentance.htm">The Call to Repentance</a></b><br>Embrace the call to repentance and transformation, turning away from sin and towards a life that honors God.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_matthew_23.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Matthew 23</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/do_angels_sin_more_than_humans.htm">Do angels commit more sins than humans?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_jesus_say_not_to_call_anyone_'father'.htm">Why does Jesus tell people not to call anyone 'father' (Matthew 23:9), yet the Bible refers to Abraham as 'our father' (Romans 4:16)?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/joseph's_father__matthew_vs._luke.htm">Who was Joseph's father? (Matthew 1:16 vs. Luke 3:23)</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_psalm_70_2-3_align_with_loving_enemies.htm">How does Psalm 70:2-3's call for enemies to be put to shame align with New Testament teachings on loving one's enemies?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/matthew/23.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(32) <span class= "bld">Fill ye up then</span> <span class= "bld">. . .</span>--The English fails to give the pathetic abruptness of the original: <span class= "ital">And ye</span>--<span class= "ital">fill ye up the measure of your fathers.</span> The thought implied is that which we find in <a href="/genesis/15-16.htm" title="But in the fourth generation they shall come here again: for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full.">Genesis 15:16</a>, and of which the history of the world offers but too many illustrations. Each generation, as it passes, adds something to the ever-accumulating mass of evil. At last the penalty falls, as though the long-suffering of God had been waiting till the appointed limit had been reached, and the measure of iniquity was at last full.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/matthew/23.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 32.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Fill ye up then;</span> <span class="greek">καὶ ὑμεῖς</span> <span class="greek">πληρώσατε</span>: <span class="accented">do ye also</span> (as well as they) <span class="accented">fill up.</span> An imperative, expressive of Divine irony, containing virtually a prophecy. Complete your evil work, finish that which your fathers began (comp. <a href="/john/13-27.htm">John 13:27</a>). <span class="cmt_word">The measure.</span> There is a certain limit to iniquity; when this is reached, punishment falls. The metaphor is derived from a full cup, which a single drop more will make overflow. This added drop would be the death of Christ and the persecution of his followers. Then vengeance must follow (comp. <a href="/genesis/15-16.htm">Genesis 15:16</a>; <a href="/1_thessalonians/2-16.htm">1 Thessalonians 2:16</a>). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/matthew/23-32.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div><span class="word">Fill up,</span><br /><span class="grk">πληρώσατε</span> <span class="translit">(plērōsate)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Aorist Imperative Active - 2nd Person Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_4137.htm">Strong's 4137: </a> </span><span class="str2">From pleres; to make replete, i.e. to cram, level up, or to furnish, satisfy, execute, finish, verify, etc.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">then,</span><br /><span class="grk">καὶ</span> <span class="translit">(kai)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> </span><span class="str2">And, even, also, namely. </span><br /><br /><span class="word">the</span><br /><span class="grk">τὸ</span> <span class="translit">(to)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article - Accusative Neuter Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">measure</span><br /><span class="grk">μέτρον</span> <span class="translit">(metron)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3358.htm">Strong's 3358: </a> </span><span class="str2">An apparently primary word; a measure, literally or figuratively; by implication, a limited portion.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of</span><br /><span class="grk">τῶν</span> <span class="translit">(tōn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article - Genitive Masculine Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">your</span><br /><span class="grk">ὑμῶν</span> <span class="translit">(hymōn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_4771.htm">Strong's 4771: </a> </span><span class="str2">You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">fathers’ [sins].</span><br /><span class="grk">πατέρων</span> <span class="translit">(paterōn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Genitive Masculine Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3962.htm">Strong's 3962: </a> </span><span class="str2">Father, (Heavenly) Father, ancestor, elder, senior. Apparently a primary word; a 'father'.</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/matthew/23-32.htm">Matthew 23:32 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/matthew/23-32.htm">Matthew 23:32 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/matthew/23-32.htm">Matthew 23:32 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/matthew/23-32.htm">Matthew 23:32 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/matthew/23-32.htm">Matthew 23:32 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/matthew/23-32.htm">Matthew 23:32 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/matthew/23-32.htm">Matthew 23:32 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/matthew/23-32.htm">Matthew 23:32 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/matthew/23-32.htm">Matthew 23:32 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/matthew/23-32.htm">Matthew 23:32 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/matthew/23-32.htm">NT Gospels: Matthew 23:32 Fill up then the measure of your (Matt. 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