Luke 20:19

Authorized King James Version (1611)

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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Referenced Verses

  • Luke 19:47-48 : 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, 48 And could not find what they might do: for all the people were very attentive to hear him.
  • Luke 20:14 : 14 ‹But when the husbandmen saw him, they reasoned among themselves, saying, This is the heir: come, let us kill him, that the inheritance may be ours.›
  • Matt 21:45-46 : 45 And when the chief priests and Pharisees had heard his parables, they perceived that he spake of them. 46 But when they sought to lay hands on him, they feared the multitude, because they took him for a prophet.
  • Matt 26:3-4 : 3 Then assembled together the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders of the people, unto the palace of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas, 4 And consulted that they might take Jesus by subtilty, and kill [him].
  • Mark 12:12 : 12 And they sought to lay hold on him, but feared the people: for they knew that he had spoken the parable against them: and they left him, and went their way.

Similar Verses (AI)

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    86%

    20¶ And they watched [him], and sent forth spies, which should feign themselves just men, that they might take hold of his words, that so they might deliver him unto the power and authority of the governor.

  • Mark 12:12-13
    2 verses
    84%

    12And they sought to lay hold on him, but feared the people: for they knew that he had spoken the parable against them: and they left him, and went their way.

    13¶ And they send unto him certain of the Pharisees and of the Herodians, to catch him in [his] words.

  • Matt 21:45-46
    2 verses
    83%

    45And when the chief priests and Pharisees had heard his parables, they perceived that he spake of them.

    46But when they sought to lay hands on him, they feared the multitude, because they took him for a prophet.

  • Luke 22:2
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    2And the chief priests and scribes sought how they might kill him; for they feared the people.

  • Mark 11:18
    81%

    18And the scribes and chief priests heard [it], and sought how they might destroy him: for they feared him, because all the people was astonished at his doctrine.

  • Luke 20:1-2
    2 verses
    78%

    1¶ And it came to pass, [that] on one of those days, as he taught the people in the temple, and preached the gospel, the chief priests and the scribes came upon [him] with the elders,

    2And spake unto him, saying, Tell us, by what authority doest thou these things? or who is he that gave thee this authority?

  • Luke 19:47-48
    2 verses
    76%

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

    48And could not find what they might do: for all the people were very attentive to hear him.

  • Luke 20:14-18
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    14‹But when the husbandmen saw him, they reasoned among themselves, saying, This is the heir: come, let us kill him, that the inheritance may be ours.›

    15‹So they cast him out of the vineyard, and killed› [him]. ‹What therefore shall the lord of the vineyard do unto them?›

    16‹He shall come and destroy these husbandmen, and shall give the vineyard to others.› And when they heard [it], they said, God forbid.

    17And he beheld them, and said, ‹What is this then that is written, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner?›

    18‹Whosoever shall fall upon that stone shall be broken; but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.›

  • Acts 6:12
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    12And they stirred up the people, and the elders, and the scribes, and came upon [him], and caught him, and brought [him] to the council,

  • Luke 11:53-54
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    53And as he said these things unto them, the scribes and the Pharisees began to urge [him] vehemently, and to provoke him to speak of many things:

    54Laying wait for him, and seeking to catch something out of his mouth, that they might accuse him.

  • John 11:57
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    57Now both the chief priests and the Pharisees had given a commandment, that, if any man knew where he were, he should shew [it], that they might take him.

  • John 8:20
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    20These words spake Jesus in the treasury, as he taught in the temple: and no man laid hands on him; for his hour was not yet come.

  • Luke 20:9
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    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.›

  • Matt 22:15
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    15¶ Then went the Pharisees, and took counsel how they might entangle him in [his] talk.

  • Luke 22:66
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  • Mark 11:27
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  • Mark 14:1-2
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    1¶ After two days was [the feast of] the passover, and of unleavened bread: and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might take him by craft, and put [him] to death.

    2But they said, Not on the feast [day], lest there be an uproar of the people.

  • John 7:32
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    32The Pharisees heard that the people murmured such things concerning him; and the Pharisees and the chief priests sent officers to take him.

  • Mark 14:46
    71%

    46And they laid their hands on him, and took him.

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    52Then Jesus said unto the chief priests, and captains of the temple, and the elders, which were come to him, ‹Be ye come out, as against a thief, with swords and staves?›

  • Matt 21:38-39
    2 verses
    71%

    38‹But when the husbandmen saw the son, they said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and let us seize on his inheritance.›

    39‹And they caught him, and cast› [him] ‹out of the vineyard, and slew› [him].

  • Luke 20:45
    71%

    45Then in the audience of all the people he said unto his disciples,

  • Matt 26:3-5
    3 verses
    71%

    3Then assembled together the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders of the people, unto the palace of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas,

    4And consulted that they might take Jesus by subtilty, and kill [him].

    5But they said, Not on the feast [day], lest there be an uproar among the people.

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    7And the scribes and Pharisees watched him, whether he would heal on the sabbath day; that they might find an accusation against him.

  • Matt 21:15
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    15And when the chief priests and scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the children crying in the temple, and saying, Hosanna to the Son of David; they were sore displeased,

  • Matt 26:55
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    55In that same hour said Jesus to the multitudes, ‹Are ye come out as against a thief with swords and staves for to take me? I sat daily with you teaching in the temple, and ye laid no hold on me.›

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    71%

    10And the chief priests and scribes stood and vehemently accused him.

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    44And some of them would have taken him; but no man laid hands on him.

  • Acts 5:24
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    24Now when the high priest and the captain of the temple and the chief priests heard these things, they doubted of them whereunto this would grow.

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    40And after that they durst not ask him any [question at all].

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