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Luke 19:48

46 Saying unto them, It is written, My house is the house of prayer: but ye have made it a den of thieves.

47 And he taught daily in the temple. But the chief priests and the scribes and the chief of the people sought to destroy him,

And could not find what they might do: for all the people were very attentive to hear him.
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BSB
Yet they could not find a way to do so, because all the people hung on His words.
KJV
And could not find what they might do: for all the people were very attentive to hear him.
WEB
They couldn’t find what they might do, for all the people hung on to every word that he said.
ASV
and they could not find what they might do; for the people all hung upon him, listening.
DARBY
and did not find what they could do, for all the people hung on him to hear.
BLB
And they were not finding what they might do; for all the people were hanging on Him, hearing.
ÅB
Og de fant ikke ut hva de skulle gjøre; for hele folket hang ved ham og hørte på ham.
OTB
Likevel kunne de ikke finne noen måte å gjøre det på, for hele folket hang ved hans ord.
B1930
Og de fant ikke ut hvad de skulde gjøre; for hele folket hang ved ham og hørte på ham.

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Cross references

  • Nehemiah 8:3

    And he read therein before the street that was before the water gate from the morning until midday, before the men and the women, and those that could understand; and the ears of all the people were attentive unto the book of the law.

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  • Acts 16:14

    And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, which worshipped God, heard us: whose heart the Lord opened, that she attended unto the things which were spoken of Paul.

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  • Luke 20:19–20

    And the chief priests and the scribes the same hour sought to lay hands on him; and they feared the people: for they perceived that he had spoken this parable against them.

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  • John 7:46–49

    The officers answered, Never man spake like this man.

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  • Luke 22:2–4

    And the chief priests and scribes sought how they might kill him; for they feared the people.

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  • Matthew 22:15–16

    Then went the Pharisees, and took counsel how they might entangle him in his talk.

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