One of the lawyers answered him, “Teacher, in saying this you insult us also.”
Parallel translations
- KJV Then answered one of the lawyers, and said unto him, Master, thus saying thou reproachest 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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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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Cross-references · 10
- Matt 22:35One of them, a lawyer, asked him a question, testing him.
- John 9:40Those of the Pharisees who were with him heard these things, and said to him, “Are we also blind?”
- Amos 7:10–13Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, “Amos has conspired against you in the middle of the house of Israel. The land is not able to bear all his words.
- 1 Kgs 22:8The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “There is yet one man by whom we may inquire of Yahweh, Micaiah the son of Imlah; but I hate him, for he does not prophesy good concerning me, but evil.” Jehoshaphat said, “Don’t let the king say so.”
- John 7:48Have any of the rulers believed in him, or of the Pharisees?
- John 7:7The world can’t hate you, but it hates me, because I testify about it, that its works are evil.
- Luke 11:46He said, “Woe to you lawyers also! For you load men with burdens that are difficult to carry, and you yourselves won’t even lift one finger to help carry those burdens.
- Jer 20:8For as often as I speak, I cry out; I cry, Violence and destruction! because Yahweh’s word has been made a reproach to me, and a derision, all day.
- Jer 6:10To whom shall I speak and testify, that they may hear? Behold, their ear is uncircumcised, and they can’t listen. Behold, Yahweh’s word has become a reproach to them. They have no delight in it.
- Luke 11:52Woe to you lawyers! For you took away the key of knowledge. You didn’t enter in yourselves, and those who were entering in, you hindered.”
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