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Judas, who betrayed him, answered, “It isn’t me, is it, Rabbi?” He said to him, “You said it.”
Matthew 26:25 · World English Bible
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  • KJV Then Judas, which betrayed him, answered and said, Master, is it I? He said unto him, Thou hast said.
  • BSB Then Judas, who would betray Him, said, “Surely not I, Rabbi?” Jesus answered, “You have said it yourself.”
  • NKJV Then Judas, who was betraying Him, answered and said, “Rabbi, is it I?” He said to him, “You have said it.”
  • NASB And Judas, who was betraying Him, said, “Surely it is not I, Rabbi?” Jesus *said to him, “You have said it yourself.”
  • NLT Judas, the one who would betray him, also asked, “Rabbi, am I the one?” And Jesus told him, “You have said it.”

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Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 8

  • Matt 26:64Jesus said to him, “You have said it. Nevertheless, I tell you, after this you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of Power, and coming on the clouds of the sky.”
  • Matt 27:11Now Jesus stood before the governor: and the governor asked him, saying, “Are you the King of the Jews?” Jesus said to him, “So you say.”
  • Luke 22:70They all said, “Are you then the Son of God?” He said to them, “You say it, because I am.”
  • John 18:37Pilate therefore said to him, “Are you a king then?” Jesus answered, “You say that I am a king. For this reason I have been born, and for this reason I have come into the world, that I should testify to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth listens to my voice.”
  • Prov 30:20“So is the way of an adulterous woman: she eats and wipes her mouth, and says, ‘I have done nothing wrong.’
  • 2 Kgs 5:25But he went in, and stood before his master. Elisha said to him, “Where did you come from, Gehazi?” He said, “Your servant went nowhere.”
  • Matt 26:49Immediately he came to Jesus, and said, “Hail, Rabbi!” and kissed him.
  • Matt 23:7the salutations in the marketplaces, and to be called ‘Rabbi, Rabbi’ by men.

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