But when Jesus perceived their thoughts, he answering said unto them, What reason ye in your hearts?
Parallel translations
- WEB But Jesus, perceiving their thoughts, answered them, “Why are you reasoning so in your hearts?
- BSB Knowing what they were thinking, Jesus replied, “Why are you thinking these things in your hearts?
- NKJV But when Jesus perceived their thoughts, He answered and said to them, “Why are you reasoning in your hearts?
- NASB But Jesus, aware of their thoughts, responded and said to them, “Why are you thinking this way in your hearts?
- NLT Jesus knew what they were thinking, so he asked them, “Why do you question this in your hearts?
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Jesus perceives their hidden thoughts and confronts their reasoning. His knowledge of hearts reveals his divine insight.
Overview
Jesus discerns the leaders' unspoken objections, showing a knowledge of the heart that Scripture attributes to God. Rather than ignore their charge, he addresses it directly. This perception both substantiates the very authority they question and presses them to reckon with who stands before them.
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- Luke 24:38And he said unto them, Why are ye troubled? and why do thoughts arise in your hearts?
- Matt 9:4And Jesus knowing their thoughts said, Wherefore think ye evil in your hearts?
- Isa 66:18For I know their works and their thoughts: it shall come, that I will gather all nations and tongues; and they shall come, and see my glory.
- Ps 139:2Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off.
- Acts 5:3But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of the price of the land?
- Mark 8:17And when Jesus knew it, he saith unto them, Why reason ye, because ye have no bread? perceive ye not yet, neither understand? have ye your heart yet hardened?
- Matt 12:25And Jesus knew their thoughts, and said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand:
- Rev 2:23And I will kill her children with death; and all the churches shall know that I am he which searcheth the reins and hearts: and I will give unto every one of you according to your works.
- Heb 4:12For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
- Ezek 38:10Thus saith the Lord GOD; It shall also come to pass, that at the same time shall things come into thy mind, and thou shalt think an evil thought:
- Prov 15:26The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination to the LORD: but the words of the pure are pleasant words.
- 1 Chr 28:9And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.
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