Luke 20:19
And the chief priests and the scribes the same hour sought to lay hands on him; and they feared the people: for they perceived that he had spoken this parable against them.
KJV
καὶ ἐζήτησαν οἱ γραμματεῖς καὶ οἱ ἀρχιερεῖς ἐπιβαλεῖν ἐπ’ αὐτὸν τὰς χεῖρας ἐν αὐτῇ τῇ ὥρᾳ, καὶ ἐφοβήθησαν τὸν λαόν· ἔγνωσαν γὰρ ὅτι πρὸς αὐτοὺς εἶπεν τὴν παραβολὴν ταύτην.
Greek NT
Et quærebant principes sacerdotum et scribæ mittere in illum manus illa hora, et timuerunt populum : cognoverunt enim quod ad ipsos dixerit similitudinem hanc.
Vulgate
And the scribes and the chief priests sought to lay hands on him in that very hour; and they feared the people: for they perceived that he spake this parable against them.
ASV
And the chief priests and the scribes sought to lay hands on him the same hour: but they feared the people, for they knew that he spoke this parable to them.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
20 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
Textual variants
3 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
- γραμματεῖς καὶ οἱ ἀρχιερεῖς — SBLGNT
- γραμματεῖς καὶ οἱ ἀρχιερεῖς — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- ἀρχιερεῖς καὶ οἱ γραμματεῖς — Robinson-Pierpont
- τὸν λαόν — SBLGNT
- τὸν λαόν — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- εἶπεν τὴν παραβολὴν ταύτην — SBLGNT
- εἶπεν τὴν … ταύτην — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- τὴν … ταύτην εἶπεν — Robinson-Pierpont
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 2Tim 4:3 — For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears;
- Acts 4:21 — So when they had further threatened them, they let them go, finding nothing how they might punish them, because of the people: for all men glorified God for that which was done.
- Jer 6:10 — To whom shall I speak, and give warning, that they may hear? behold, their ear is uncircumcised, and they cannot hearken: behold, the word of the LORD is unto them a reproach; they have no delight in
- John 18:30 — They answered and said unto him, If he were not a malefactor, we would not have delivered him up unto thee.
- Luke 19:47 — And he taught daily in the temple. But the chief priests and the scribes and the chief of the people sought to destroy him,
- Matt 21:45 — And when the chief priests and Pharisees had heard his parables, they perceived that he spake of them.
- Mic 2:1 — Woe to them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand.
- Ps 38:12 — They also that seek after my life lay snares for me: and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the day long.
- Ps 119:110 — The wicked have laid a snare for me: yet I erred not from thy precepts.