Luke 13:2 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

² And He answered them, “Do you think those Galileans were worse sinners than all [other] Galileans because they suffered such a fate?

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

² And Jesus answering said unto them, Suppose ye that these Galilæans were sinners above all the Galilæans, because they suffered such things?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² And He replied by saying to them, Do you think that these Galileans were greater sinners than all the other Galileans because they have suffered in this way?

American Standard Version (1901)

² And he answered and said unto them, Think ye that these Galilæans were sinners above all the Galilæans, because they have suffered these things?

Common English Bible

² He replied, “Do you think the suffering of these Galileans proves that they were more sinful than all the other Galileans?

Catholic Public Domain Version

² And responding, he said to them: "Do you think that these Galileans must have sinned more than all other Galileans, because they suffered so much?

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

² And he answering, said to them: Think you that these Galileans were sinners above all the men of Galilee, because they suffered such things?

Luke 13:2 Cross References

Luke 13:1

Now there were some there at that very time who told Jesus about some people from Galilee whose blood Pilate [the Roman governor] had mixed with their sacrifices [i.e., he had them murdered while they were offering their sacrifices].

Luke 13:3

No, I tell you; but unless you repent [i.e., change your hearts and lives], you [too] will all be destroyed just as they were.

Luke 13:4

Or do you think that those eighteen persons who were killed when the tower of Siloam fell on them were worse offenders than all the [other] men who lived in Jerusalem?

John 9:2

His disciples asked Him, “Rabbi, did this man sin or was it his parents’ [sin] that caused him to be born blind?”

Acts 28:4

And when the natives saw the poisonous creature hanging from his hand, they said to one another, “This man must be a murderer because, even though he escaped from the sea, [divine] justice is not going to allow him to live.”