Luke 11:54 - King James Version - American Edition

⁵⁴ laying wait for him, and seeking to catch something out of his mouth, that they might accuse him.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁵⁴ laying wait for him, and seeking to catch something out of his mouth, that they might accuse him.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁵⁴ Secretly watching and plotting and lying in wait for Him, to seize upon something He might say [that they might accuse Him].

American Standard Version (1901)

⁵⁴ laying wait for him, to catch something out of his mouth.

Common English Bible

⁵⁴ They plotted against him, trying to trap him in his words.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁵⁴ And waiting to ambush him, they sought something from his mouth that they might seize upon, in order to accuse him.

Luke 11:54 Cross References

2 Kings 5:7

And it came to pass, when the king of Israel had read the letter, that he rent his clothes, and said, Am I God, to kill and to make alive, that this man doth send unto me to recover a man of his leprosy? Wherefore consider, I pray you, and see how he seeketh a quarrel against me.

Matthew 22:15

Then went the Pharisees, and took counsel how they might entangle him in his talk.

Matthew 22:18

But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, Why tempt ye me, ye hypocrites?

Matthew 22:35

Then one of them, which was a lawyer, asked him a question, tempting him, and saying,

Mark 12:13

And they send unto him certain of the Pharisees and of the Hero´dians, to catch him in his words.

Mark 3:2

And they watched him, whether he would heal him on the sabbath day; that they might accuse him.

Luke 11:53

And as he said these things unto them, the scribes and the Pharisees began to urge him vehemently, and to provoke him to speak of many things:

Luke 20:20

And they watched him, and sent forth spies, which should feign themselves just men, that they might take hold of his words, that so they might deliver him unto the power and authority of the governor.

Luke 20:26

And they could not take hold of his words before the people: and they marveled at his answer, and held their peace.

Acts 23:21

But do not thou yield unto them: for there lie in wait for him of them more than forty men, which have bound themselves with an oath, that they will neither eat nor drink till they have killed him: and now are they ready, looking for a promise from thee.