The chief priests and the scribes heard it, and began considering how they might kill him, for they feared him, because the whole crowd was amazed at his teaching.
Luke 20:19 - Y'all Version Bible The scribes and chief priests wanted to arrest him that very hour, because they knew he had spoken this parable against them. But they feared the people. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And the chief priests and the scribes the same hour sought to lay hands on him; and they feared the people: for they perceived that he had spoken this parable against them. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The scribes and the chief priests desired and tried to find a way to arrest Him at that very hour, but they were afraid of the people; for they discerned that He had related this parable against them. American Standard Version (1901) And the scribes and the chief priests sought to lay hands on him in that very hour; and they feared the people: for they perceived that he spake this parable against them. Common English Bible The legal experts and chief priests wanted to arrest him right then because they knew he had told this parable against them. But they feared the people. Catholic Public Domain Version And the leaders of the priests, and the scribes, were seeking to lay hands on him in that same hour, but they feared the people. For they realized that he had spoken this parable about them. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the chief priests and the scribes sought to lay hands on him the same hour: but they feared the people, for they knew that he spoke this parable to them. |
The chief priests and the scribes heard it, and began considering how they might kill him, for they feared him, because the whole crowd was amazed at his teaching.
Then they tried to seize him, but they feared the crowd, for they perceived that he spoken the parable against them. They left him and went away.
“But when the farmers saw him, they deliberated among themselves, saying, ‘This is the heir. Let’s kill him, so that the inheritance may be ours.’