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Luke 11:54

Good News Translation (US Version)

trying to lay traps for him and catch him saying something wrong.

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Some Pharisees and some members of Herod's party were sent to Jesus to trap him with questions.

and one of them, a teacher of the Law, tried to trap him with a question.

The Pharisees went off and made a plan to trap Jesus with questions.

So they looked for an opportunity. They bribed some men to pretend they were sincere, and they sent them to trap Jesus with questions, so that they could hand him over to the authority and power of the Roman Governor.

Some people were there who wanted to accuse Jesus of doing wrong; so they watched him closely to see whether he would cure the man on the Sabbath.

Jesus, however, was aware of their evil plan, and so he said, “You hypocrites! Why are you trying to trap me?

When the king of Israel read the letter, he tore his clothes in dismay and exclaimed, “How can the king of Syria expect me to cure this man? Does he think that I am God, with the power of life and death? It's plain that he is trying to start a quarrel with me!”

When Jesus left that place, the teachers of the Law and the Pharisees began to criticize him bitterly and ask him questions about many things,

There before the people they could not catch him in a thing, so they kept quiet, amazed at his answer.

But don't listen to them, because there are more than forty men who will be hiding and waiting for him. They have taken a vow not to eat or drink until they have killed him. They are now ready to do it and are waiting for your decision.”




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