Luke 11:45

New Century Version

One of the experts on the law said to Jesus, “Teacher, when you say these things, you are insulting us, too.”

Cross References

1 Kings 22:8

Then King Ahab said to Jehoshaphat, “There is one other prophet. We could ask the Lord through him, but I hate him. He never prophesies anything good about me, but something bad. He is Micaiah son of Imlah.” Jehoshaphat said, “King Ahab, you shouldn’t say that!”

Jeremiah 20:8

Every time I speak, I shout. I am always shouting about violence and destruction. I tell the people about the message I received from the Lord, but this only brings me insults. The people make fun of me all day long.

Jeremiah 6:10

To whom can I speak? Whom can I warn? Who will listen to me? The people of Israel have closed ears, so they cannot hear my warnings. They don’t like the word of the Lord; they don’t want to listen to it!

Matthew 22:35

One Pharisee, who was an expert on the law of Moses, asked Jesus this question to test him:

Luke 11:46

Jesus answered, “How terrible for you, you experts on the law! You make strict rules that are very hard for people to obey, but you yourselves don’t even try to follow those rules.

Luke 11:52

“How terrible for you, you experts on the law. You have taken away the key to learning about God. You yourselves would not learn, and you stopped others from learning, too.”

Luke 7:30

But the Pharisees and experts on the law refused to accept God’s plan for themselves; they did not let John baptize them.)

John 7:48

Have any of the leaders or the Pharisees believed in him? No!

John 7:7

The world cannot hate you, but it hates me, because I tell it the evil things it does.

John 9:40

Some of the Pharisees who were nearby heard Jesus say this and asked, “Are you saying we are blind, too?”