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Revised Standard Version

Luke 20:3

He answered them, "I also will ask you a question; now 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

Christian Standard Bible®
He answered them, “I will also ask you a question. Tell me,
King James Version (1611)
And hee answered, and said vnto them, I will also aske you one thing, and answere me.
King James Version
And he answered and said unto them, I will also ask you one thing; and answer me:
English Standard Version
He answered them, "I also will ask you a question. Now 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:
Amplified Bible
Jesus replied, "I will also ask you a question. You tell Me:
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:
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.
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:
Easy-to-Read Version
Jesus answered, "I will ask you a question too. 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;
Good News Translation
Jesus answered them, "Now let me ask you a question. Tell me,
Lexham English Bible
And he answered and said to them, "I also will ask you a question, and you tell me:
Literal Translation
And answering, He said to them, I will also ask you one thing, and you tell me:
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:
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:
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.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Iesus aunswered, & sayde vnto them: I also wyll aske you one thyng, & aunswere me.
English Revised Version
And he answered and said unto them, I also will ask you a question; and 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.
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:
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:
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:
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:
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
He answered and saide vnto the: I also will axe you a questio and answer 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?"
Simplified Cowboy Version
Jesus said, "Well, let me ask you this first,

Contextual Overview

1 One day, as he was teaching the people in the temple and preaching the gospel, the chief priests and the scribes with the elders came up 2 and said to him, "Tell us by what authority you do these things, or who it is that gave you this authority." 3 He answered them, "I also will ask you a question; now tell me, 4 Was the baptism of John from heaven or from men?" 5 And they discussed it with one another, saying, "If we say, 'From heaven,' he will say, 'Why did you not believe him?' 6 But if we say, 'From men,' all the people will stone us; for they are convinced that John was a prophet." 7 So they answered that they did not know whence it was. 8 And Jesus said to them, "Neither will 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
From there Abraham journeyed toward the territory of the Negeb, and dwelt between Kadesh and Shur; and he sojourned in Gerar.
Genesis 20:7
Now then restore the man's wife; for he is a prophet, and he will pray for you, and you shall live. But if you do not restore her, know that you shall surely die, you, and all that are yours."
Genesis 20:12
Besides she is indeed my sister, the daughter of my father but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife.
Genesis 20:13
And when God caused me to wander from my father's house, I said to her, 'This is the kindness you must do me: at every place to which we come, say of me, He is my brother.'"
Genesis 20:14
Then Abim'elech took sheep and oxen, and male and female slaves, and gave them to Abraham, and restored Sarah his wife to him.
Genesis 20:15
And Abim'elech said, "Behold, my land is before you; dwell where it pleases you."
Genesis 28:12
And he dreamed that there was a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven; and behold, the angels of God were ascending and descending on it!
Genesis 31:24
But God came to Laban the Aramean in a dream by night, and said to him, "Take heed that you say not a word to Jacob, either good or bad."
Genesis 37:5
Now Joseph had a dream, and when he told it to his brothers they only hated him the more.
Genesis 37:9
Then he dreamed another dream, and told it to his brothers, and said, "Behold, I have dreamed another dream; and behold, the sun, the moon, and eleven stars were bowing down 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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