Luke 19:3 - Douy-Rheims Bible Challoner Revision

1 As they were hearing these things, he added and spoke a parable, because he was nigh to Jerusalem, and because they thought that the kingdom of God should immediately be manifested.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

And he sought to see Jesus who he was; and could not for the press, because he was little of stature.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

And he was trying to see Jesus, which One He was, but he could not on account of the crowd, because he was small in stature.

American Standard Version (1901)

And he sought to see Jesus who he was; and could not for the crowd, because he was little of stature.

Common English Bible

He was trying to see who Jesus was, but, being a short man, he couldn’t because of the crowd.

Catholic Public Domain Version

And he sought to see Jesus, to see who he was. But he was unable to do so, because of the crowd, for he was small in stature.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And he sought to see Jesus who he was, and he could not for the crowd, because he was low of stature.

Luke 19:3 Cross References

Mark 15:40

AND when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalen, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, bought sweet spices, that coming, they might anoint Jesus.

Luke 12:25

3 Sell what you possess and give alms. Make to yourselves bags which grow not old, a treasure in heaven which faileth not: where no thief approacheth, nor moth corrupteth.

Luke 19:2

0 For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.

Luke 19:4

2 He said therefore: A certain nobleman went into a far country, to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return.

Luke 23:8

6 I will chastise him therefore, and release him.

John 12:21

9 The multitude therefore that stood and heard, said that it thundered. Others said: An angel spoke to him.