Luke 20:7

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“So they answered that they did not know where it was from.”

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BSBPD

“So they answered that they did not know where it was from.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And they answered, that they could not tell whence it was.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“And they answered, that they knew not whence it was.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“And they answered, that they knew not whence <FI>it was<Fi> ,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Luke 20:7 — 16 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Isaiah 6:9And He replied: “Go and tell this people, ‘Be ever hearing, but never understanding; be ever seeing, but never perceiving.’
  2. Isaiah 26:11O LORD, Your hand is upraised, but they do not see it. They will see Your zeal for Your people and be put to shame. The fire set for Your enemies will consume them!
  3. Isaiah 29:9Stop and be astonished; blind yourselves and be sightless; be drunk, but not with wine; stagger, but not from strong drink.
  4. Isaiah 29:14Therefore I will again confound these people with wonder upon wonder. The wisdom of the wise will vanish, and the intelligence of the intelligent will be hidden.”
  5. Isaiah 41:28When I look, there is no one; there is no counselor among them; when I ask them, they have nothing to say.
  6. Isaiah 42:19Who is blind but My servant, or deaf like the messenger I am sending? Who is blind like My covenant partner, or blind like the servant of the LORD?
  7. Isaiah 44:18They do not comprehend or discern, for He has shut their eyes so they cannot see and closed their minds so they cannot understand.
  8. Jeremiah 8:7Even the stork in the sky knows her appointed seasons. The turtledove, the swift, and the thrush keep their time of migration, but My people do not know the requirements of the LORD.
  9. Zechariah 11:15And the LORD said to me: “Take up once more the equipment of a foolish shepherd.
  10. Zechariah 11:17Woe to the worthless shepherd,who deserts the flock!May a sword strike his armand his right eye!May his arm be completely witheredand his right eye utterly blinded!”
  11. Malachi 2:7For the lips of a priest should preserve knowledge, and people should seek instruction from his mouth, because he is the messenger of the LORD of Hosts.
  12. John 3:19And this is the verdict: The Light has come into the world, but men loved the darkness rather than the Light because their deeds were evil.
  13. John 9:39Then Jesus declared, “For judgment I have come into this world, so that the blind may see and those who see may become blind.”
  14. 2 Thessalonians 2:10and with every wicked deception directed against those who are perishing, because they refused the love of the truth that would have saved them.
  15. 2 Timothy 3:8Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so also these men oppose the truth. They are depraved in mind and disqualified from the faith.
  16. 2 Peter 3:3Most importantly, you must understand that in the last days scoffers will come, scoffing and following their own evil desires.

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