Luke 20:39

Green's Literal Translation

And answering, some of the scribes said, Teacher, you speak well.

Parallel Translations

Simplified Cowboy Version
"Very well said, cowboy," said some of the people standing around.

Legacy Standard Bible
And some of the scribes answered and said, "Teacher, You have spoken well."

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Some of the scribes answered and said, "Teacher, You have spoken well."

Bible in Basic English
And some of the scribes, in answer to this, said, Master, you have said well.

Darby Translation
And some of the scribes answering said, Teacher, thou hast well spoken.

New King James Version
Then some of the scribes answered and said, "Teacher, You have spoken well."

Christian Standard Bible®
Some of the scribes answered, "Teacher, You have spoken well."

World English Bible
Some of the scribes answered, "Teacher, you speak well."

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And some of the scribes answering said, Master, Thou hast spoken excellently well.

Weymouth's New Testament
Then some of the Scribes replied, "Rabbi, you have spoken well."

King James Version (1611)
Then certaine of the Scribes answering, said, Master, Thou hast well said.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Then answered certayne of the scrybes, and sayde: Master, thou haist sayde well.

Mace New Testament (1729)
which some of the Scribes approving, said to him, master, what you maintain is very just:

THE MESSAGE
Some of the religion scholars said, "Teacher, that's a great answer!" For a while, anyway, no one dared put questions to him.

Amplified Bible
Some of the scribes replied, "Teacher, you have spoken well [so that there is no room for blame]."

American Standard Version
And certain of the scribes answering said, Teacher, thou hast well said.

Revised Standard Version
And some of the scribes answered, "Teacher, you have spoken well."

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Then certayne of the Pharises answered and sayde: Master thou hast well sayde.

Update Bible Version
And certain of the scribes answering said, Teacher, you have said well.

Webster's Bible Translation
Then certain of the scribes answering, said, Master, thou hast well said.

New Century Version
Some of the teachers of the law said, "Teacher, your answer was good."

New English Translation
Then some of the experts in the law answered, "Teacher, you have spoken well!"

Contemporary English Version
Some of the teachers of the Law of Moses said, "Teacher, you have given a good answer!"

Complete Jewish Bible
Some of the Torah-teachers answered, "Well spoken, Rabbi."

Geneva Bible (1587)
Then certaine of the Scribes answered, and sayd, Master, thou hast well sayd.

George Lamsa Translation
And some of the men of the scribes answered and said to him, Teacher, you have well said.

Hebrew Names Version
Some of the Sofrim answered, "Teacher, you speak well."

International Standard Version
Then some of the scribes replied, "Teacher, you have given a fine answer."

Etheridge Translation
And some of the Sophree answered and said to him, Doctor, thou hast well said.

Murdock Translation
And some of the Scribes answered, and said to him: Teacher, thou hast spoken well.

New Living Translation
"Well said, Teacher!" remarked some of the teachers of religious law who were standing there.

New Life Bible
One of the teachers of the Law said, "Teacher, You have spoken well."

English Revised Version
And certain of the scribes answering said, Master, thou hast well said.

Berean Standard Bible
Some of the scribes answered, "Teacher, you have spoken well!"

New Revised Standard
Then some of the scribes answered, "Teacher, you have spoken well."

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And certain of the Scribes, answering, said - Teacher! Well, hast thou spoken.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And some of the scribes answering, said to him: Master, thou hast said well.

King James Version
Then certain of the scribes answering said, Master, thou hast well said.

Lexham English Bible
And some of the scribes answered and said, "Teacher, you have spoken well."

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Then certayne of the pharisees aunswered, and sayde? Maister, thou hast well sayde.

Easy-to-Read Version
Some of the teachers of the law said, "Teacher, your answer was very good."

English Standard Version
Then some of the scribes answered, "Teacher, you have spoken well."

New American Standard Bible
Some of the scribes answered and said, "Teacher, You have spoken well."

Good News Translation
Some of the teachers of the Law spoke up, "A good answer, Teacher!"

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And summe of scribis answeringe, seiden, Maistir, thou hast wel seid.

Young's Literal Translation
And certain of the scribes answering said, `Teacher, thou didst say well;'

Contextual Overview

³⁹ And answering, some of the scribes said, Teacher, you speak well. ⁴⁰ And they did not dare to question Him any more, not a thing. ⁴¹ And He said to them, How do they say the Christ is David's son? ⁴² Even David himself said in the Book of Psalms, "The Lord said to my Lord, Sit at My right hand ⁴³ until I place the ones hostile to You as a footstool of Your feet." LXX-Psa. 109:1; MT-Psa. 110:1 ⁴⁴ Then David calls Him Lord. And how is He his son? ⁴⁵ And as all the people were listening, He said to His disciples, ⁴⁶ Beware of the scribes, those desiring to walk about in long robes, and liking greetings in the markets, and chief seats in the synagogues, and chief couches in the suppers, ⁴⁷ who devour the houses of the widows, and under pretense pray long. These will receive a more severe judgment.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

thou: Matthew 22:34-40, Mark 12:28-34, Acts 23:9

Reciprocal: Jeremiah 1:12 - Thou hast Matthew 22:33 - they Luke 20:26 - they could

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then certain of the Scribes, answering said,.... Who believed the doctrine of the resurrection, which the Sadducees denied, and so were pleased with our Lord's reasoning on this subject:

master, thou hast well said; thou hast spoken in a beautiful manner, reasoned finely upon this head, and set this matter in a fair and clear light; :-

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See the notes at Mark 12:32.