“He said to them, ‘An enemy has done this.’ “The servants asked him, ‘Do you want us to go and gather them up?’
Parallel translations
- KJV He said unto them, An enemy hath done this. The servants said unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up?
- BSB ‘An enemy did this,’ he replied. So the servants asked him, ‘Do you want us to go and pull them up?’
- NKJV He said to them, ‘An enemy has done this.’ The servants said to him, ‘Do you want us then to go and gather them up?’
- NASB And he said to them, ‘An enemy has done this!’ The slaves *said to him, ‘Do you want us, then, to go and gather them up?’
- NLT “‘An enemy has done this!’ the farmer exclaimed. “‘Should we pull out the weeds?’ they asked.
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Cross-references · 5
- 1 Cor 5:3–7For I most certainly, as being absent in body but present in spirit, have already, as though I were present, judged him who has done this thing.
- 1 Th 5:14We exhort you, brothers, admonish the disorderly, encourage the faint-hearted, support the weak, be patient toward all.
- Luke 9:49–54John answered, “Master, we saw someone casting out demons in your name, and we forbade him, because he doesn’t follow with us.”
- 2 Cor 2:6–11This punishment which was inflicted by the many is sufficient for such a one;
- Jude 1:22–23On some have compassion, making a distinction,
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