Thomas said to him, “Lord, we don’t know where you are going. How can we know the way?”
Parallel translations
- KJV Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know not whither thou goest; and how can we know the way?
- BSB “Lord,” said Thomas, “we do not know where You are going, so how can we know the way?”
- ESV Thomas said to him, “Lord, we do not know where you are going. How can we know the way?”
- NKJV Thomas said to Him, “Lord, we do not know where You are going, and how can we know the way?”
- NASB Thomas *said to Him, “Lord, we do not know where You are going; how do we know the way?”
- NLT “No, we don’t know, Lord,” Thomas said. “We have no idea where you are going, so how can we know the way?”
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- John 11:16Thomas therefore, who is called Didymus, said to his fellow disciples, “Let’s go also, that we may die with him.”
- Mark 9:19He answered him, “Unbelieving generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I bear with you? Bring him to me.”
- John 20:25–28The other disciples therefore said to him, “We have seen the Lord!” But he said to them, “Unless I see in his hands the print of the nails, put my finger into the print of the nails, and put my hand into his side, I will not believe.”
- Mark 8:17–18Jesus, perceiving it, said to them, “Why do you reason that it’s because you have no bread? Don’t you perceive yet, neither understand? Is your heart still hardened?
- John 15:12“This is my commandment, that you love one another, even as I have loved you.
- Luke 24:25He said to them, “Foolish men, and slow of heart to believe in all that the prophets have spoken!
- Heb 5:11–12About him we have many words to say, and hard to interpret, seeing you have become dull of hearing.
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