One of the experts in the law told Him, “Teacher, when You say these things, You insult us as well.”
Parallel translations
- WEB One of the lawyers answered him, “Teacher, in saying this you insult us also.”
- KJV Then answered one of the lawyers, and said unto him, Master, thus saying thou reproachest us also.
- NKJV Then one of the lawyers answered and said to Him, “Teacher, by saying these things You reproach us also.”
- NASB One of the lawyers *said to Him in reply, “Teacher, when You say these things, You insult us too.”
- NLT “Teacher,” said an expert in religious law, “you have insulted us, too, in what you just said.”
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Quick answer
A lawyer protests that Jesus' words insult the experts in the law too. The rebuke now extends to the scribes.
Overview
One of the legal scholars feels the sting of Jesus' words and objects. His complaint shows that Jesus' indictment reaches beyond the Pharisees. Jesus will not soften but presses the charge against the lawyers as well.
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- Matt 22:35One of them, an expert in the law, tested Him with a question:
- John 9:40Some of the Pharisees who were with Him heard this, and they asked Him, “Are we blind too?”
- Amos 7:10–13Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent word to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, “Amos has conspired against you in the midst of the house of Israel. The land cannot bear all his words,
- 1 Kgs 22:8The king of Israel answered, “There is still one man who can ask the LORD, but I hate him because he never prophesies anything good for me, but only bad. He is Micaiah son of Imlah.” “The king should not say that!” Jehoshaphat replied.
- John 7:48“Have any of the rulers or Pharisees believed in Him?
- John 7:7The world cannot hate you, but it hates Me, because I testify that its works are evil.
- Luke 11:46“Woe to you as well, experts in the law!” He replied. “You weigh men down with heavy burdens, but you yourselves will not lift a finger to lighten their load.
- Jer 20:8For whenever I speak, I cry out; I proclaim violence and destruction. For the word of the LORD has become to me a reproach and derision all day long.
- Jer 6:10To whom can I give this warning? Who will listen to me? Look, their ears are closed, so they cannot hear. See, the word of the LORD has become offensive to them; they find no pleasure in it.
- Luke 11:52Woe to you experts in the law! For you have taken away the key to knowledge. You yourselves have not entered, and you have hindered those who were entering.”
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