Luke 20:5 - English Majority Text Version 2009

And they debated among themselves, saying, "If we say, 'From heaven,' He will say, 'Why [then] did you not believe him?'

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say, Why then believed ye him not?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

And they argued and discussed [it] and reasoned together with themselves, saying, If we reply, From heaven, He will say, Why then did you not believe him?

American Standard Version (1901)

And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say, Why did ye not believe him?

Common English Bible

They discussed among themselves, “If we say, ‘It’s of heavenly origin,’ he’ll say, ‘Why didn’t you believe him?’

Catholic Public Domain Version

So they discussed it among themselves, saying: "If we say, 'From heaven,' he will say, 'Then why did you not believe him?'

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

But they thought within themselves, saying: If we shall say, From heaven: he will say: Why then did you not believe him?

Luke 20:5 Cross References

Matthew 16:7

But they were reasoning among themselves, saying, "We did not take bread."

Matthew 21:25

The baptism of John-where was it from? From heaven or from men?"And they were arguing among themselves, saying, "If we say, 'From heaven,' He will say to us, 'Why then did you not believe him?'

Luke 20:4

The baptism of John-was it from heaven or from men?"

Luke 20:6

But if we say, 'From men,' all the people will stone us, for they are persuaded [that] John was a prophet."

John 1:30

This is the [One] about whom I said, 'After me comes a Man who ranks before me, because He was before me.'

John 1:34

"And I have seen and have testified that this is the Son of God."

John 3:26

And they came to John and said to him, "Rabbi, He who was with you beyond the Jordan, to whom you have testified-behold, this [Man] is baptizing, and all [men] are coming to Him!"

John 3:36

He who believes in the Son has eternal life; and he who does not believe the Son will not see life, but the wrath of God abides on him."

Acts 13:25

Now as John was finishing his course, he said, 'Whom do you suppose me to be? I am not He. But behold, there comes One after me, the sandal of whose feet I am not worthy to loosen.'