Luke 11:54 - New King James Version

⁵⁴ lying in wait for Him, and seeking to catch Him in something He might say, 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.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁵⁴ Lying in wait for him, and seeking to catch something from his mouth, that they might accuse him.

Luke 11:54 Cross References

2 Kings 5:7

And it happened, when the king of Israel read the letter, that he tore his clothes and said, “Am I God, to kill and make alive, that this man sends a man to me to heal him of his leprosy? Therefore please consider, and see how he seeks a quarrel with me.”

Matthew 22:15

Then the Pharisees went and plotted how they might entangle Him in His talk.

Matthew 22:18

But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, “Why do you test Me, you hypocrites?

Matthew 22:35

Then one of them, a lawyer, asked Him a question, testing Him, and saying,

Mark 12:13

Then they sent to Him some of the Pharisees and the Herodians, to catch Him in His words.

Mark 3:2

So they watched Him closely, whether He would heal him on the Sabbath, so that they might accuse Him.

Luke 11:53

And as He said these things to them, the scribes and the Pharisees began to assail Him vehemently, and to cross-examine Him about many things,

Luke 20:20

So they watched Him, and sent spies who pretended to be righteous, that they might seize on His words, in order to deliver Him to the power and the authority of the governor.

Luke 20:26

But they could not catch Him in His words in the presence of the people. And they marveled at His answer and kept silent.

Acts 23:21

But do not yield to them, for more than forty of them lie in wait for him, men who have bound themselves by an oath that they will neither eat nor drink till they have killed him; and now they are ready, waiting for the promise from you.”