Behold, some of the scribes said to themselves, “This man blasphemes.”
Parallel translations
- KJV And, behold, certain of the scribes said within themselves, This man blasphemeth.
- BSB On seeing this, some of the scribes said to themselves, “This man is blaspheming!”
- ESV And behold, some of the scribes said to themselves, “This man is blaspheming.”
- NKJV And at once some of the scribes said within themselves, “This Man blasphemes!”
- NASB And some of the scribes said to themselves, “This man is blaspheming!”
- NLT But some of the teachers of religious law said to themselves, “That’s blasphemy! Does he think he’s God?”
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- Matt 26:65Then the high priest tore his clothing, saying, “He has spoken blasphemy! Why do we need any more witnesses? Behold, now you have heard his blasphemy.
- Luke 5:21The scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying, “Who is this that speaks blasphemies? Who can forgive sins, but God alone?”
- Lev 24:16He who blasphemes Yahweh’s name, he shall surely be put to death. All the congregation shall certainly stone him. The foreigner as well as the native-born, when he blasphemes the Name, shall be put to death.
- Mark 14:64You have heard the blasphemy! What do you think?” They all condemned him to be worthy of death.
- John 10:33–36The Jews answered him, “We don’t stone you for a good work, but for blasphemy: because you, being a man, make yourself God.”
- Mark 2:6–7But there were some of the scribes sitting there, and reasoning in their hearts,
- Luke 7:39–40Now when the Pharisee who had invited him saw it, he said to himself, “This man, if he were a prophet, would have perceived who and what kind of woman this is who touches him, that she is a sinner.”
- Mark 7:21For from within, out of the hearts of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, sexual sins, murders, thefts,
- Matt 7:29for he taught them with authority, and not like the scribes.
- Acts 6:11–13Then they secretly induced men to say, “We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses and God.”
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