Luke 11:52

Truth and honesty

⁵⁰ As a result, this generation will be charged with the blood of all the prophets that has been shed since the foundation of the world,

⁵¹ from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah, who was killed between the altar and the sanctuary. Yes, I tell you, all of it will be charged to this generation.

Woe to you experts in the law! For you have taken away the key to knowledge. You yourselves have not entered, and you have hindered those who were entering.”

⁵³ As Jesus went on from there, the scribes and Pharisees began to oppose Him bitterly and to ply Him with questions about many things,

⁵⁴ waiting to catch Him in something He might say.

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: Woe to you experts in the law! For you have taken away the key to knowledge. You yourselves have not entered, and you have hindered those who were entering.”
KJV: Woe unto you, lawyers! for ye have taken away the key of knowledge: ye entered not in yourselves, and them that were entering in ye hindered.
WEB: Woe to you lawyers! For you took away the key of knowledge. You didn’t enter in yourselves, and those who were entering in, you hindered.”
ASV: Woe unto you lawyers! for ye took away the key of knowledge: ye entered not in yourselves, and them that were entering in ye hindered.
DARBY: Woe unto you, the doctors of the law, for ye have taken away the key of knowledge; yourselves have not entered in, and those who were entering in ye have hindered.
BLB: Woe to you⁺, the lawyers, because you⁺ took away the key of knowledge. You yourselves did not enter, and you⁺ hindered those entering.”

ÅB: Ve dere, dere lovkyndige, dere som har tatt kunnskapens nøkkel til dere! Selv er dere ikke gått inn, og dem som var i ferd med å gå inn, har dere hindret.
OTB: "Ve dere lovkyndige, for dere har tatt bort nøkkelen til kunnskap. Dere gikk ikke inn selv, og dere hindret dem som var på vei inn."
B1930: Ve eder, I lovkyndige, I som har tatt kunnskapens nøkkel til eder! Selv er I ikke gått inn, og dem som var i ferd med å gå inn, har I hindret.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Matthew 23:13
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the kingdom of heaven in men’s faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let in those who wish to enter.
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Malachi 2:7
For 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.
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Acts 4:17–18
But to keep this message from spreading any further among the people, we must warn them not to speak to anyone in this name.”
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Luke 11:45–46
One of the experts in the law told Him, “Teacher, when You say these things, You insult us as well.”
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John 9:24–34
So a second time they called for the man who had been blind and said, “Give glory to God! We know that this man is a sinner.”
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John 7:47–52
“Have you also been deceived?” replied the Pharisees.
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Acts 5:40
At this, they yielded to Gamaliel. They called the apostles in and had them flogged. Then they ordered them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and released them.
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Luke 19:39–40
But some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to Him, “Teacher, rebuke Your disciples!”
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