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Luke 11:52

Truth and honesty

50 That the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation;

51 From the blood of Abel unto the blood of Zacharias, which perished between the altar and the temple: verily I say unto you, It shall be required of this generation.

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.

53 And as he said these things unto them, the scribes and the Pharisees began to urge him vehemently, and to provoke him to speak of many things:

54 Laying wait for him, and seeking to catch something out of his mouth, that they might accuse him.

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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.

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Cross references

  • Matthew 23:13

    But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in.

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  • Malachi 2:7

    For the priest’s lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth: for he is the messenger of the LORD of hosts.

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  • Acts 4:17–18

    But that it spread no further among the people, let us straitly threaten them, that they speak henceforth to no man in this name.

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  • Luke 11:45–46

    Then answered one of the lawyers, and said unto him, Master, thus saying thou reproachest us also.

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  • John 9:24–34

    Then again called they the man that was blind, and said unto him, Give God the praise: we know that this man is a sinner.

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  • John 7:47–52

    Then answered them the Pharisees, Are ye also deceived?

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  • Acts 5:40

    And to him they agreed: and when they had called the apostles, and beaten them, they commanded that they should not speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go.

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  • Luke 19:39–40

    And some of the Pharisees from among the multitude said unto him, Master, rebuke thy disciples.

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