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Luke 11:54

52 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,

waiting to catch Him in something He might say.
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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
waiting to catch Him in something He might say.
KJV
Laying wait for him, and seeking to catch something out of his mouth, that they might accuse him.
WEB
lying in wait for him, and seeking to catch him in something he might say, that they might accuse him.
ASV
laying wait for him, to catch something out of his mouth.
DARBY
watching him, [and seeking] to catch something out of his mouth, [that they might accuse him].
BLB
lying in wait to catch Him in something out of His mouth.
ÅB
for de lurte på ham for å lokke noe ut av hans munn.
OTB
og planla å fange Ham i noe Han kunne si.
B1930
for de lurte på ham for å lokke noget ut av hans munn.

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