Luke 20:6

Bible in Basic English (1941)

But if we say, Of men; we will be stoned by the people, for they are certain that John was a prophet.

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  • Matt 21:26 : 26 But if we say, From men; we are in fear of the people, because all take John to be a prophet.
  • Matt 11:9 : 9 But why did you go out? to see a prophet? Yes, I say to you, and more than a prophet.
  • Matt 14:5 : 5 And he would have put him to death, but for his fear of the people, because in their eyes John was a prophet.
  • Matt 21:46 : 46 And though they had a desire to take him, they were in fear of the people, because in their eyes he was a prophet.
  • Matt 26:5 : 5 But they said, Not while the feast is going on, for fear of trouble among the people.
  • Mark 12:12 : 12 And they made attempts to take him; but they were in fear of the people, because they saw that the story was against them; and they went away from him.
  • Luke 1:76 : 76 And you, child, will be named the prophet of the Most High: you will go before the face of the Lord, to make ready his ways;
  • Luke 7:26-29 : 26 But what did you go out to see? a prophet? Yes, I say to you, and more than a prophet. 27 This is he of whom it has been said, See, I send my servant before your face, who will make ready your way before you. 28 I say to you, Among all the sons of women, not one is greater than John: but he who is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he. 29 (And all the people, and the tax-farmers, to whom John had given baptism, when they had knowledge of these things, gave glory to God.
  • John 10:41 : 41 And a great number of people came to him, saying, John did no sign: but everything John said of this man was true.
  • Acts 5:26 : 26 Then the captain and some of the police went and took them, but not violently, for fear that they might be stoned by the people.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Matt 21:25-27
    3 verses
    89%

    25The baptism of John, where did it come from? from heaven or from men? And they were reasoning among themselves, saying, If we say, From heaven; he will say to us, Why then did you not have faith in him?

    26But if we say, From men; we are in fear of the people, because all take John to be a prophet.

    27And they made answer and said, We have no idea. Then he said to them, And I will not say to you by what authority I do these things.

  • Mark 11:30-32
    3 verses
    88%

    30The baptism of John, was it from heaven or from men? give me an answer.

    31And they gave thought to it among themselves, saying, If we say, From heaven; he will say, Why then did you not have faith in him?

    32But if we say, From men--they were in fear of the people, because all took John to be truly a prophet.

  • Luke 20:2-5
    4 verses
    84%

    2That the chief priests and the scribes and the rulers of the people came to him and said, Make clear to us by what authority you do these things and who gave you this authority.

    3And in answer he said to them, I will put a question to you, and do you give me an answer:

    4The baptism of John, was it from heaven or of men?

    5And they said among themselves, If we say, From heaven; he will say, Why did you not have faith in him?

  • Luke 20:7
    79%

    7And they made answer that they had no idea where it came from.

  • John 11:47-48
    2 verses
    73%

    47Then the high priests and the Pharisees had a meeting and said, What are we doing? This man is doing a number of signs.

    48If we let him go on in this way, everybody will have belief in him and the Romans will come and take away our place and our nation.

  • Matt 16:14-15
    2 verses
    72%

    14And they said, Some say, John the Baptist; some, Elijah; and others, Jeremiah, or one of the prophets.

    15He says to them, But who do you say that I am?

  • John 7:40
    71%

    40When these words came to their ears, some of the people said, This is certainly the prophet.

  • John 18:30
    71%

    30They said to him in answer, If the man was not a wrongdoer we would not have given him up to you.

  • Acts 4:19-20
    2 verses
    70%

    19But Peter and John in answer said to them, It is for you to say if it is right in the eyes of God to give attention to you more than to God:

    20For it is not possible for us to keep from saying what we have seen and have knowledge of.

  • Mark 6:15
    70%

    15But others said, It is Elijah. And others said, It is a prophet, even like one of the prophets.

  • Acts 4:16
    70%

    16Saying, What are we to do with these men? for certainly it is clear to all who are living in Jerusalem that a most important sign has been done by them, and it is not possible to say that it is not so.

  • Luke 9:19
    70%

    19And they, answering, said, John the Baptist; but others say Elijah; and others, that one of the old prophets has come back.

  • Matt 21:46
    70%

    46And though they had a desire to take him, they were in fear of the people, because in their eyes he was a prophet.

  • Luke 3:15
    70%

    15And while the people were waiting, and all men were questioning in their hearts about John, if he was the Christ or not,

  • Mark 8:28
    70%

    28And they made answer, John the Baptist; and others, Elijah; but others, One of the prophets.

  • Luke 22:67
    70%

    67If you are the Christ, say so. But he said, If I say so you will not have belief;

  • John 3:11
    69%

    11Truly, I say to you, We say that of which we have knowledge; we give witness of what we have seen; and you do not take our witness to be true.

  • Matt 23:30
    69%

    30If we had been living in the days of our fathers, we would not have taken part with them in the blood of the prophets.

  • Matt 28:14
    69%

    14And if this comes to the ruler's ears, we will see that he does not make you responsible.

  • John 10:33
    69%

    33This was their answer: We are not stoning you for a good work but for evil words; because being a man you make yourself God.

  • John 8:5
    69%

    5Now in the law Moses gave directions that such women were to be stoned; what do you say about it?

  • John 1:25
    69%

    25And they put this question to him, saying, Why then are you giving baptism if you are not the Christ, or Elijah, or the prophet?

  • John 7:25-26
    2 verses
    68%

    25Then some of the people of Jerusalem said, Is not this the man whose death is desired?

    26And here he is talking openly and they say nothing to him! Is it possible that the rulers have knowledge that this is truly the Christ?

  • John 9:17
    68%

    17Again they said to the blind man, What have you to say about him for opening your eyes? And he said, He is a prophet.

  • Luke 22:71
    68%

    71And they said, What more need have we of witness? we have the very words of his mouth.

  • John 9:28-29
    2 verses
    68%

    28And they were angry with him and said, You are his disciple, but we are disciples of Moses.

    29We are certain that God gave his word to Moses: but as for this man, we have no knowledge where he comes from.

  • Luke 7:20
    68%

    20And when the men came to him they said, John the Baptist has sent us to you, saying, Are you he who is to come, or are we waiting for another?

  • John 6:14
    68%

    14And when the people saw the sign which he had done, they said, Truly, this is the prophet who is to come into the world.

  • John 7:12-13
    2 verses
    68%

    12And there was much discussion about him among the mass of the people. Some said, He is a good man; but others said, No, he is giving people false ideas.

    13But no man said anything about him openly for fear of the Jews.

  • John 18:34
    68%

    34Jesus made answer, Do you say this of yourself, or did others say it about me?

  • John 1:22
    68%

    22So they said to him, Who are you then? We have to give some answer to those who sent us. What have you to say about yourself?

  • Luke 7:18
    68%

    18And the disciples of John gave him an account of all these things.

  • John 11:8
    67%

    8The disciples said to him, Master, the Jews were attempting only the other day to have you stoned, and are you going back there again?

  • John 10:41
    67%

    41And a great number of people came to him, saying, John did no sign: but everything John said of this man was true.

  • John 16:18
    67%

    18So they said again and again, What is this he is saying, A little time? His words are not clear to us.

  • Acts 5:29
    67%

    29But Peter and the Apostles, answering, said, We have to do the orders of God, not of man.

  • John 10:24
    67%

    24Then the Jews came round him, saying, how long are you going to keep us in doubt? If you are the Christ, say so clearly.