Luke 20:7

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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  • Isa 6:9-9 : 9 And he said, Go, and say to this people, You will go on hearing, but learning nothing; you will go on seeing, but without getting wiser. 10 Make the hearts of this people fat, and let their ears be stopped, and their eyes shut; for fear that they may see with their eyes, and be hearing with their ears, and their heart may become wise, and they may be turned to me and made well.
  • Isa 26:11 : 11 Lord, your hand is lifted up, but they do not see: let them see ... yes, your haters will be burned up in the fire.
  • Isa 29:9-9 : 9 Be surprised and full of wonder; let your eyes be covered and be blind: be overcome, but not with wine; go with uncertain steps, but not because of strong drink. 10 For the Lord has sent on you a spirit of deep sleep; and by him your eyes, the prophets, are shut, and your heads, the seers, are covered. 11 And the vision of all this has become to you like the words of a book which is shut, which men give to one who has knowledge of writing, saying, Make clear to us what is in the book: and he says, I am not able to, for the book is shut: 12 And they give it to one without learning, saying, Make clear to us what is in the book: and he says, I have no knowledge of writing.
  • Isa 29:14 : 14 For this cause I will again do a strange thing among this people, a thing to be wondered at: and the wisdom of their wise men will come to nothing, and the sense of their guides will no longer be seen.
  • Isa 41:28 : 28 And I saw that there was no man, even no wise man among them, who might give an answer to my questions.
  • Isa 42:19-20 : 19 Who is blind, but my servant? who has his ears stopped, but he whom I send? who is blind as my true one, or who has his ears shut like the Lord's servant? 20 Seeing much, but keeping nothing in mind; his ears are open, but there is no hearing.
  • Isa 44:18 : 18 They have no knowledge or wisdom; for he has put a veil over their eyes, so that they may not see; and on their hearts, so that they may not give attention.
  • Jer 8:7-9 : 7 Truly, the stork in the heavens is conscious of her fixed times; the dove and the swallow and the crane keep to the times of their coming; but my people have no knowledge of the law of the Lord. 8 How is it that you say, We are wise and the law of the Lord is with us? But see, the false pen of the scribes has made it false. 9 The wise men are shamed, they are overcome with fear and taken: see, they have given up the word of the Lord; and what use is their wisdom to them?
  • Zech 11:15 : 15 And the Lord said to me, Take again the instruments of a foolish keeper of sheep.
  • Zech 11:17 : 17 A curse on the foolish keeper who goes away from the flock! the sword will be on his arm and on his right eye: his arm will become quite dry and his eye will be made completely dark.
  • Mal 2:7-9 : 7 For it is right for the priest's lips to keep knowledge, and for men to be waiting for the law from his mouth: for he is the servant sent from the Lord of armies. 8 But you are turned out of the way; you have made the law hard for numbers of people; you have made the agreement of Levi of no value, says the Lord of armies. 9 And so I have taken away your honour and made you low before all the people, even as you have not kept my ways, and have given no thought to me in using the law.
  • John 3:19-20 : 19 And this is the test by which men are judged: the light has come into the world and men have more love for the dark than for the light, because their acts are evil. 20 The light is hated by everyone whose acts are evil and he does not come to the light for fear that his acts will be seen.
  • John 9:39 : 39 And Jesus said, I came into this world to be a judge, so that those who do not see may see, and those who see may become blind.
  • 2 Thess 2:10-12 : 10 And with every deceit of wrongdoing among those whose fate is destruction; because they were quite without that love of the true faith by which they might have salvation. 11 And for this cause, God will give them up to the power of deceit and they will put their faith in what is false: 12 So that they all may be judged, who had no faith in what is true, but took pleasure in evil.
  • 2 Tim 3:8-9 : 8 And as James and Jambres went against Moses, so do these go against what is true: men of evil minds, who, tested by faith, are seen to be false. 9 But they will go no farther: for their foolish behaviour will be clear to all men, as theirs was in the end.
  • 2 Pet 3:3 : 3 Having first of all the knowledge that in the last days there will be men who, ruled by their evil desires, will make sport of holy things,

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  • 86%

    24 And Jesus said to them in answer, I will put one question to you, and if you give me the answer, I will say by what authority I do these things.

    25 The 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?

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

    27 And 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.

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    28 And they said to him, By what authority do you do these things? or who gave you authority to do these things?

    29 And Jesus said to them, I will put to you one question; give me an answer, and I will say by what authority I do these things.

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

    31 And 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?

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

    33 And they said in answer to Jesus, We have no idea. And Jesus said to them, And I will not say to you by what authority I do these things.

  • 8 And Jesus said, And I will not make clear to you by what authority I do these things.

  • Luke 20:2-6
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    2 That 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.

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

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

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

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

  • 12 And they said to him, Where is he? His answer was: I have no knowledge.

  • John 7:26-28
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    26 And 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?

    27 However, it is clear to us where this man comes from: but when the Christ comes no one will have knowledge where he comes from.

    28 Then, when he was teaching in the Temple, Jesus said with a loud voice, You have knowledge of me and you have knowledge of where I come from; and I have not come of myself; but there is One who has sent me; he is true, but you have no knowledge of him.

  • 6 And they had no answer to that question.

  • John 9:29-30
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    76%

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

    30 The man said in answer, Why, here is a strange thing! You have no knowledge where he comes from though he gave me the use of my eyes.

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

    68 And if I put a question to you, you will not give an answer.

  • 21 Why are you questioning me? put questions to my hearers about what I have said to them: they have knowledge of what I said.

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

  • 40 And they had fear of putting any more questions to him.

  • 26 And they were not able to get anything from these words before the people: but they were full of wonder at his answer, and said nothing.

  • 14 Jesus said in answer, Even if I give witness about myself, my witness is true, because I have knowledge of where I came from and where I am going; but you have no knowledge of where I come from or of where I am going.

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

  • 32 But the saying was not clear to them, and they were in fear of questioning him about it.

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

  • 12 Then they put to him the question: Who is the man who said to you, Take it up and go?

  • 9 And he went again into the Praetorium and said to Jesus, Where do you come from? But Jesus gave him no answer.

  • 46 And no one was able to give him an answer, and so great was their fear of him, that from that day no one put any more questions to him.

  • 7 So again he put the question to them, Who are you looking for? And they said, Jesus the Nazarene.

  • 6 In this Jesus was teaching them in the form of a story: but what he said was not clear to them.

  • 6 Because he was not certain what to say, for they were in great fear.

  • 27 They did not see that his words were about the Father.

  • 21 And he said to them, Is it still not clear to you?

  • 22 So 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?

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

  • Luke 9:19-20
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    19 And they, answering, said, John the Baptist; but others say Elijah; and others, that one of the old prophets has come back.

    20 And he said, But who do you say that I am? And Peter, answering, said, The Christ of God.

  • 42 And they said, Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we have seen? How is it then that he now says, I have come down from heaven?

  • 36 What is this saying of his, You will be looking for me and will not see me, and where I am you may not come?

  • 20 And 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?

  • 19 Then they said to him, Where is your Father? Jesus said in answer, You have no knowledge of me or of my Father: if you had knowledge of me you would have knowledge of my Father.

  • 15 Then Peter said to him, Make the story clear to us.