They said, “Lord, behold, here are two swords.” He said to them, “That is enough.”
Parallel translations
- KJV And they said, Lord, behold, here are two swords. And he said unto them, It is enough.
- BSB So they said, “Look, Lord, here are two swords.” “That is enough,” He answered.
- NKJV So they said, “Lord, look, here are two swords.” And He said to them, “It is enough.”
- NASB They said, “Lord, look, here are two swords.” And He said to them, “It is enough.”
- NLT “Look, Lord,” they replied, “we have two swords among us.” “That’s enough,” he said.
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Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 7
- Matt 26:52–54Then Jesus said to him, “Put your sword back into its place, for all those who take the sword will die by the sword.
- 2 Cor 10:3–4For though we walk in the flesh, we don’t wage war according to the flesh;
- Luke 22:49When those who were around him saw what was about to happen, they said to him, “Lord, shall we strike with the sword?”
- Eph 6:10–18Finally, be strong in the Lord, and in the strength of his might.
- John 18:36Jesus answered, “My Kingdom is not of this world. If my Kingdom were of this world, then my servants would fight, that I wouldn’t be delivered to the Jews. But now my Kingdom is not from here.”
- 1 Th 5:8But let us, since we belong to the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and, for a helmet, the hope of salvation.
- 1 Pet 5:9Withstand him steadfast in your faith, knowing that your brothers who are in the world are undergoing the same sufferings.
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