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Green's Literal Translation

Luke 20:3

And answering, He said to them, I will also ask you one thing, and you tell me:

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Instruction;  

Dictionaries:

- Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Heal, Health;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Animals;   Capital Punishment;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Consciousness;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Chief parables and miracles in the bible;  

Parallel Translations

Easy-to-Read Version
Jesus answered, "I will ask you a question too. Tell me:
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
He answered and saide vnto the: I also will axe you a questio and answer me.
Hebrew Names Version
He answered them, "I also will ask you one question. Tell me:
International Standard Version
He answered them, "I, too, will ask you a question.a word">[fn] Tell me:
New American Standard Bible
But He replied to them, "I will also ask you a question, and you tell Me:
New Century Version
Jesus answered, "I will also ask you a question. Tell me:
Update Bible Version
And he answered and said to them, I also will ask you a question; and tell me:
Webster's Bible Translation
And he answered and said to them, I will also ask you one thing; and answer me:
Amplified Bible
Jesus replied, "I will also ask you a question. You tell Me:
English Standard Version
He answered them, "I also will ask you a question. Now tell me,
World English Bible
He answered them, "I also will ask you one question. Tell me:
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And he answering said, I will also ask you one thing and tell me, Was the baptism of John from heaven or of men?
Weymouth's New Testament
"I also will put a question to you, "He said;
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And Jhesus answeride, and seide to hem, And Y schal axe you o word; answere ye to me.
English Revised Version
And he answered and said unto them, I also will ask you a question; and tell me:
Berean Standard Bible
"I will also ask you a question," Jesus replied. "Tell Me:
Contemporary English Version
Jesus replied, "I want to ask you a question.
American Standard Version
And he answered and said unto them, I also will ask you a question; and tell me:
Bible in Basic English
And in answer he said to them, I will put a question to you, and do you give me an answer:
Complete Jewish Bible
He answered, "I too will ask you a question. Tell me,
Darby Translation
And he answering said to them, *I* also will ask you [one] thing, and tell me:
Etheridge Translation
Jeshu answered and said to them, I will also ask of you a word, and tell you me:
Murdock Translation
Jesus answered, and said to them: I also will ask you a word, and tell ye me.
King James Version (1611)
And hee answered, and said vnto them, I will also aske you one thing, and answere me.
New Living Translation
"Let me ask you a question first," he replied.
New Life Bible
Jesus said to them, "I will ask you one question also. You answer Me.
New Revised Standard
He answered them, "I will also ask you a question, and you tell me:
Geneva Bible (1587)
And he answered, and sayde vnto them, I also will aske you one thing: tell me therefore:
George Lamsa Translation
Jesus answered and said to them, I will also ask you a word, and you tell me;
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And answering, he said unto them - I too, will question, you, as to a matter, - and tell me!
Douay-Rheims Bible
And Jesus answering, said to them: I will also ask you one thing. Answer me:
Revised Standard Version
He answered them, "I also will ask you a question; now tell me,
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Iesus aunswered, & sayde vnto them: I also wyll aske you one thyng, & aunswere me.
Good News Translation
Jesus answered them, "Now let me ask you a question. Tell me,
Christian Standard Bible®
He answered them, “I will also ask you a question. Tell me,
King James Version
And he answered and said unto them, I will also ask you one thing; and answer me:
Lexham English Bible
And he answered and said to them, "I also will ask you a question, and you tell me:
Young's Literal Translation
And he answering said unto them, `I will question you -- I also -- one thing, and tell me:
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
But he answered, & sayde vnto the: I wil axe you a worde also, tell it me:
Mace New Testament (1729)
Jesus answer'd, I will ask you one question;
THE MESSAGE
Jesus answered, "First, let me ask you a question: About the baptism of John—who authorized it, heaven or humans?"
New English Translation
He answered them, "I will also ask you a question, and you tell me:
New King James Version
But He answered and said to them, "I also will ask you one thing, and answer Me:
Simplified Cowboy Version
Jesus said, "Well, let me ask you this first,
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Jesus answered and said to them, "I will also ask you a question, and you tell Me:
Legacy Standard Bible
And Jesus answered and said to them, "I will also ask you a question, and you tell Me:

Contextual Overview

1 And it happened on one of those days, as He was teaching the people and proclaiming the gospel in the temple, the chief priests and the scribes came up, along with the elders, 2 and spoke to Him, saying, Tell us by what authority you do these things, or who is it who gave to you this authority? 3 And answering, He said to them, I will also ask you one thing, and you tell me: 4 The baptism of John, was it from Heaven, or from men? 5 And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we say, From Heaven, He will say, Then why did you not believe him? 6 But if we say, From men, all the people will stone us, for they are being convinced that John was a prophet. 7 And they answered, they did not know from where. 8 And Jesus said to them, Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

I will: Luke 22:68, Matthew 15:2, Matthew 15:3, Colossians 4:6

Reciprocal: Mark 11:29 - I will

Cross-References

Genesis 20:1
And Abraham pulled up stakes from there to the land of the Negeb, and lived between Kadesh and Shur, and stayed in Gerar.
Genesis 20:7
And now return the wife of the man, for he is a prophet, and he will pray for you, and you shall live. And if you do not return her, know that dying you shall die, you and all that are yours.
Genesis 20:12
And yet she really is my sister, daughter of my father; only not daughter of my mother. And she became my wife.
Genesis 20:13
And it happened when God made me wander from my father's house, even I said to her, This is your kindness which you do to me: at every place where we come there, say of me, He is my brother.
Genesis 20:14
Abimelech took sheep and oxen, and male slaves, and slave-girls, and gave to Abraham. And he returned his wife Sarah to him.
Genesis 20:15
Abimelech said, Behold, my land is before you. Live where it pleases you.
Genesis 28:12
And he dreamed. And, behold, a ladder was placed on the earth, its top reaching to the heavens. And, behold, the angels of God were going up and going down on it!
Genesis 31:24
And God came to Laban the Syrian in a dream of the night, and said to him, Watch out for yourself, that you not speak with Jacob from good to evil.
Genesis 37:5
And Joseph dreamed a dream, and told it to his brothers. And they increased to hate him still more.
Genesis 37:9
And he dreamed still another dream, and told it to his brothers. And he said, Behold, I have dreamed another dream: And, behold, the sun and the moon and the eleven stars were bowing themselves to me.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And he answered and said unto them,.... That is, Jesus replied to them, as the Vulgate Latin, Syriac, and Persic versions express it:

I will also ask you one thing, and answer me; when he also promised, that if they would give him an answer to his question, he would satisfy them in the point they interrogated him about: and as this was a prudent decline to avoid the snare they laid for him, so it was not an impertinent reply to them; since it led on to a proper answer to their question, as appears by the case proposed;

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Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See this passage explained in the notes at Matthew 21:23-27.


 
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