Luke 20:39

Good News Translation

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

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Some of the scribes answered, “Teacher, you have spoken well.”

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

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

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."

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

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

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

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

Berean Standard Bible
Some of the scribes 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."

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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."

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

Contextual Overview

³⁹ Some of the teachers of the Law spoke up, "A good answer, Teacher!" ⁴⁰ For they did not dare ask him any more questions. ⁴¹ Jesus asked them, "How can it be said that the Messiah will be the descendant of David? ⁴² For David himself says in the book of Psalms, ‘The Lord said to my Lord: Sit here at my right side ⁴³ until I put your enemies as a footstool under your feet.' ⁴⁴ David called him ‘Lord'; how, then, can the Messiah be David's descendant?" ⁴⁵ As all the people listened to him, Jesus said to his disciples, ⁴⁶ "Be on your guard against the teachers of the Law, who like to walk around in their long robes and love to be greeted with respect in the marketplace; who choose the reserved seats in the synagogues and the best places at feasts; ⁴⁷ who take advantage of widows and rob them of their homes, and then make a show of saying long prayers! Their punishment will be all the worse!"

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.