Then answered one of the lawyers, and said unto him, Master, thus saying thou reproachest us also.
Parallel translations
- WEB One of the lawyers answered him, “Teacher, in saying this you insult us also.”
- BSB One of the experts in the law told Him, “Teacher, when You say these things, You insult us as well.”
- 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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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 22:35Then one of them, which was a lawyer, asked him a question, tempting him, and saying,
- John 9:40And some of the Pharisees which were with him heard these words, and said unto him, Are we blind also?
- Amos 7:10–13Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, Amos hath conspired against thee in the midst of the house of Israel: the land is not able to bear all his words.
- 1 Kgs 22:8And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man, Micaiah the son of Imlah, by whom we may enquire of the LORD: but I hate him; for he doth not prophesy good concerning me, but evil. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so.
- John 7:48Have any of the rulers or of the Pharisees believed on him?
- John 7:7The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil.
- Luke 11:46And he said, Woe unto you also, ye lawyers! for ye lade men with burdens grievous to be borne, and ye yourselves touch not the burdens with one of your fingers.
- Jer 20:8For since I spake, I cried out, I cried violence and spoil; because the word of the LORD was made a reproach unto me, and a derision, daily.
- Jer 6:10To 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 it.
- Luke 11:52Woe 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.
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