King Ahab answered, “There is one other prophet. His name is Micaiah son of Imlah. But I hate him. When he speaks for the Lord, he never says anything good for me. He always says things that I don’t like.”
Luke 11:45 - Easy To Read Version One of the teachers of the law said to Jesus, “Teacher, when you say these things about the Pharisees, {\cf2\super [211]} you are criticizing our group too.” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Then answered one of the lawyers, and said unto him, Master, thus saying thou reproachest us also. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition One of the experts in the [Mosaic] Law answered Him, Teacher, in saying this, You reproach and outrage and affront even us! American Standard Version (1901) And one of the lawyers answering saith unto him, Teacher, in saying this thou reproachest us also. Common English Bible One of the legal experts responded, “Teacher, when you say these things, you are insulting us too.” Catholic Public Domain Version Then one of the experts in the law, in response, said to him, "Teacher, in saying these things, you bring an insult against us as well." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And one of the lawyers answering, saith to him: Master, in saying these things, thou reproachest us also. |
King Ahab answered, “There is one other prophet. His name is Micaiah son of Imlah. But I hate him. When he speaks for the Lord, he never says anything good for me. He always says things that I don’t like.”
Every time I speak, I shout.\par I am always shouting about\par violence and destruction.\par I tell the people about the message\par that I received from the Lord.\par But people only insult me\par and make fun of me.\par
Who can I speak to?\par Who can I warn?\par Who will listen to me?\par The people of Israel have closed their ears,\par so they can’t hear my warnings.\par The people don’t like the Lord’s teachings.\par They don’t want to hear his message.\par
One Pharisee was an expert in the law \{of Moses\}. That Pharisee asked Jesus a question to test him.
Jesus answered, “It will be bad for you, you teachers of the law! You make strict rules that are very hard for people to obey. {\cf2\super [212]} You try to force other people to obey those rules. But you yourselves don’t even try to follow any of those rules.
“It will be bad for you, you teachers of the law. You have taken away the key to learning about God. You yourselves would not learn, and you stopped others from learning, too.”
But the Pharisees {\cf2\super [137]} and teachers of the law refused to accept God’s plan for themselves; they did not let John baptize them.)
Have any of the leaders believed in Jesus? No! Have any of us Pharisees believed in him? No!
The world cannot hate you. But the world hates me. Why? Because I tell the people in the world that they do evil things.
Some of the Pharisees {\cf2\super [162]} were near Jesus. They heard Jesus say this. They asked, “What? Are you saying that we are blind too?”