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Luke 11:52–54

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52“Woe to you experts in the law! You have taken away the key to knowledge.ad You didn’t go in yourselves, and you hinderedae those who were trying to go in.”

53When he left there,K the scribes and the Pharisees began to opposeaf him fiercely and to cross-examine him about many things; 54they were lying in waitag for him to trap him in something he said.Lah

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Footnotes

  1. KOther read And as he was saying these things to them
  2. LOther add so that they might bring charges against him

Cross references

  1. ad1Co 14:6
  2. ae1Co 14:39
  3. afMk 6:19; Gl 5:1
  4. agAc 23:21
  5. ahIs 29:21; Mt 22:15; Mk 3:2; 12:13; Lk 20:20; Jn 8:6

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Woe to you lawyers! For you have taken away the key of knowledge. You did not enter yourselves, and you hindered those who were entering.”

As he went away from there, the scribes and the Pharisees began to press him hard and to provoke him to speak about many things, lying in wait for him, to catch him in something he might say.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

“Woe to you experts in the law, because you have taken away the key to knowledge. You yourselves have not entered, and you have hindered those who were entering.”

When Jesus went outside, the Pharisees and the teachers of the law began to oppose him fiercely and to besiege him with questions, waiting to catch him in something he might say.

NLTNew Living Translation

“What sorrow awaits you experts in religious law! For you remove the key to knowledge from the people. You don’t enter the Kingdom yourselves, and you prevent others from entering.”

As Jesus was leaving, the teachers of religious law and the Pharisees became hostile and tried to provoke him with many questions. They wanted to trap him into saying something they could use against him.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Woe to you, legal experts, because you have taken away the key to knowledge! You did not enter yourselves, and you hindered those who were entering!”

And when he departed from there, the scribes and the Pharisees began to be terribly hostile, and to question him closely about many things, plotting to catch him with reference to something he might say.

KJV 1900King James Version

Woe unto you, lawyers! for ye have taken away the key of knowledge: ye entered not in yourselves, and them that were entering in ye hindered.

And as he said these things unto them, the scribes and the Pharisees began to urge him vehemently, and to provoke him to speak of many things: Laying wait for him, and seeking to catch something out of his mouth, that they might accuse him.