Yeremia 16:12

16:12 And you have acted even more wickedly than your ancestors! Each one of you has followed the stubborn inclinations of your own wicked heart and not obeyed me. ¹ 

Maleakhi 3:7

3:7 From the days of your ancestors you have ignored ²  my commandments ³  and have not kept them! Return to me, and I will return to you,” says the Lord who rules over all. “But you say, ‘How should we return?’

Lukas 11:47

11:47 Woe to you! You build ⁴  the tombs of the prophets whom your ancestors ⁵  killed.

[16:12]  ¹ sn For the argumentation here compare Jer 7:23-26.

[3:7]  ² tn Heb “turned aside from.”

[3:7]  ³ tn Or “statutes” (so NAB, NASB, NRSV); NIV “decrees”; NLT “laws.”

[11:47]  ⁴ sn The effect of what the experts in the law were doing was to deny the message of the prophets and thus honor their death by supporting those who had sought their removal. The charge that this is what previous generations did shows the problem is chronic. As T. W. Manson said, the charge here is “The only prophet you honor is a dead prophet!” (The Sayings of Jesus, 101).

[11:47]  ⁵ tn Or “forefathers”; Grk “fathers.”