“If you are the Christ, tell us.” But he said to them, “If I tell you, you won’t believe,
Parallel translations
- KJV Art thou the Christ? tell us. And he said unto them, If I tell you, ye will not believe:
- BSB “If You are the Christ, tell us.” Jesus answered, “If I tell you, you will not believe.
- NKJV “If You are the Christ, tell us.” But He said to them, “If I tell you, you will by no means believe.
- NASB “If You are the Christ, tell us.” But He said to them, “If I tell you, you will not believe;
- NLT and they said, “Tell us, are you the Messiah?” But he replied, “If I tell you, you won’t believe me.
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Cross-references · 9
- Mark 14:61–66But he stayed quiet, and answered nothing. Again the high priest asked him, “Are you the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?”
- Luke 16:31“He said to him, ‘If they don’t listen to Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded if one rises from the dead.’”
- Matt 26:63–68But Jesus held his peace. The high priest answered him, “I adjure you by the living God, that you tell us whether you are the Christ, the Son of God.”
- Matt 11:3–5and said to him, “Are you he who comes, or should we look for another?”
- John 9:27–28He answered them, “I told you already, and you didn’t listen. Why do you want to hear it again? You don’t also want to become his disciples, do you?”
- John 8:43–45Why don’t you understand my speech? Because you can’t hear my word.
- John 5:39–47“You search the Scriptures, because you think that in them you have eternal life; and these are they which testify about me.
- John 12:37–43But though he had done so many signs before them, yet they didn’t believe in him,
- John 10:24–26The Jews therefore came around him and said to him, “How long will you hold us in suspense? If you are the Christ, tell us plainly.”
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