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Luke 20:7

5 And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say, Why then believed ye him not?

6 But and if we say, Of men; all the people will stone us: for they be persuaded that John was a prophet.

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

8 And Jesus said unto them, Neither tell I you by what authority I do these things.

9 Then began he to speak to the people this parable; A certain man planted a vineyard, and let it forth to husbandmen, and went into a far country for a long time.

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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
So they answered that they did not know where it was from.
KJV
And they answered, that they could not tell whence it was.
WEB
They answered that they didn’t know where it was from.
ASV
And they answered, that they knew not whence [it was].
DARBY
And they answered, they did not know whence.
BLB
And they answered [that] they did not know from where.
ÅB
Og de svarte at de ikke visste hvor den var fra.
OTB
Så de svarte at de ikke visste hvor den var fra.
B1930
Og de svarte at de ikke visste hvor den var fra.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Isaiah 41:28

    For I beheld, and there was no man; even among them, and there was no counsellor, that, when I asked of them, could answer a word.

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  • Isaiah 42:19–20

    Who is blind, but my servant? or deaf, as my messenger that I sent? who is blind as he that is perfect, and blind as the LORD’s servant?

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  • John 3:19–20

    And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.

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  • Jeremiah 8:7–9

    Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle and the crane and the swallow observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the LORD.

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  • 2 Peter 3:3

    Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts,

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  • Zechariah 11:15

    And the LORD said unto me, Take unto thee yet the instruments of a foolish shepherd.

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  • Isaiah 44:18

    They have not known nor understood: for he hath shut their eyes, that they cannot see; and their hearts, that they cannot understand.

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  • Isaiah 29:14

    Therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a marvellous work among this people, even a marvellous work and a wonder: for the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the understanding of their prudent men shall be hid.

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