Now while the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them a question,
Parallel translations
- KJV While the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them,
- BSB While the Pharisees were assembled, Jesus questioned them:
- NKJV While the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them,
- NASB Now while the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them a question:
- NLT Then, surrounded by the Pharisees, Jesus asked them a question:
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Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 4
- Mark 12:35–37Jesus responded, as he taught in the temple, “How is it that the scribes say that the Christ is the son of David?
- Luke 20:41–44He said to them, “Why do they say that the Christ is David’s son?
- Matt 22:34But the Pharisees, when they heard that he had silenced the Sadducees, gathered themselves together.
- Matt 22:15Then the Pharisees went and took counsel how they might entrap him in his talk.
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