Luke 20:8

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • Job 5:12-13 : 12 He frustrates the plans of the crafty, so that their hands cannot accomplish their schemes. 13 He catches the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the perverse is brought to a rapid end.
  • Prov 26:4-5 : 4 Do not answer a fool according to his folly, lest you also be like him. 5 Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own eyes.
  • Matt 15:14 : 14 Let them alone: they are blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.
  • Matt 16:4 : 4 A wicked and adulterous generation seeks a sign, and no sign will be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah. And He left them and departed.
  • Matt 21:27 : 27 And they answered Jesus and said, We do not know. And he said to them, Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.
  • Mark 11:33 : 33 And they answered and said to Jesus, We cannot tell. And Jesus answering said to them, Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things.
  • Luke 22:68 : 68 And if I also ask you, you will not answer me, nor let me go.

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  • Matt 21:27-28
    2 verses
    90%

    27And they answered Jesus and said, We do not know. And he said to them, Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.

    28But what do you think? A certain man had two sons, and he came to the first and said, Son, go work today in my vineyard.

  • Mark 11:33
    89%

    33And they answered and said to Jesus, We cannot tell. And Jesus answering said to them, Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things.

  • Matt 21:23-25
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    82%

    23And when he came into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came to him as he was teaching and said, By what authority do you do these things? And who gave you this authority?

    24And Jesus answered and said to them, I also will ask you one thing, which if you tell me, I likewise will tell you by what authority I do these things.

    25The baptism of John, where was it from? From heaven, or from men? And they reasoned among themselves, saying, If we say, From heaven, he will say to us, Why then did you not believe him?

  • Luke 20:2-3
    2 verses
    81%

    2And spoke to him, saying, Tell us, by what authority do you do these things? Or who is he who gave you this authority?

    3And he answered and said to them, I will also ask you one thing; and you answer me:

  • Mark 11:28-29
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    81%

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

    29And Jesus answered and said to them, I will also ask you one question, and answer me, and I will tell you by what authority I do these things.

  • Luke 20:7
    80%

    7And they answered that they could not tell where it was from.

  • Mark 8:30
    74%

    30And he charged them that they should tell no one about him.

  • John 8:19-20
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    73%

    19Then they said to him, Where is your Father? Jesus answered, You neither know me nor my Father: if you had known me, you should have known my Father also.

    20These words spoke Jesus in the treasury, as he taught in the temple: and no one laid hands on him; for his hour had not yet come.

  • Matt 16:20
    73%

    20Then He commanded His disciples that they should tell no one that He was Jesus the Christ.

  • Luke 20:9
    73%

    9Then he began to speak this parable to the people: A certain man planted a vineyard, and rented it out to tenant farmers, and went into a far country for a long time.

  • Luke 9:20-21
    2 verses
    71%

    20He said to them, But who do you say that I am? Peter answered, The Christ of God.

    21And he strictly charged them and commanded them to tell no one that thing;

  • Luke 20:25-26
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    70%

    25And he said to them, Render therefore to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's.

    26And they could not trap him in his words before the people: and they marveled at his answer, and kept silent.

  • John 18:20-21
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    20Jesus answered him, I spoke openly to the world. I always taught in the synagogues and in the temple, where the Jews always gather, and in secret I have said nothing.

    21Why do you ask me? Ask those who heard me what I have said to them. Indeed, they know what I said.

  • Luke 20:40
    70%

    40And after that they dared not ask him any question at all.

  • John 10:25
    70%

    25Jesus answered them, I told you, and you do not believe; the works that I do in my Father's name, they bear witness of me.

  • Luke 22:67-68
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    67Are you the Christ? Tell us. And he said to them, If I tell you, you will not believe:

    68And if I also ask you, you will not answer me, nor let me go.

  • Luke 20:21-22
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    70%

    21And they asked him, saying, Teacher, we know that you say and teach rightly, neither do you show favoritism, but teach the way of God truly:

    22Is it lawful for us to give tribute to Caesar, or not?

  • Mark 8:26-27
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    26And he sent him away to his house, saying, Neither go into the town, nor tell it to anyone in the town.

    27And Jesus went out, and his disciples, into the towns of Caesarea Philippi, and along the way he asked his disciples, saying to them, Who do people say that I am?

  • John 8:26-28
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    26I have many things to say and to judge concerning you: but he who sent me is true; and I speak to the world those things which I have heard from him.

    27They did not understand that he spoke to them of the Father.

    28Then Jesus said to them, When you have lifted up the Son of Man, then you shall know that I am he, and that I do nothing of myself; but as my Father has taught me, I speak these things.

  • John 18:34
    69%

    34Jesus answered him, Do you say this of yourself, or did others tell you about me?

  • Mark 3:12
    69%

    12And he strictly charged them that they should not make him known.

  • John 8:14-15
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    69%

    14Jesus answered and said to them, Though I bear witness of myself, my witness is true: for I know where I came from, and where I am going; but you cannot tell where I come from, and where I am going.

    15You judge according to the flesh; I judge no one.

  • Matt 12:16
    69%

    16And he charged them that they should not make him known:

  • Matt 22:20-21
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    69%

    20And he said to them, Whose image and inscription is this?

    21They said to him, Caesar's. Then he said to them, Render therefore to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's.

  • Mark 8:21
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    21And he said to them, How is it that you do not understand?

  • Matt 13:13
    69%

    13This is why I speak to them in parables: Though seeing, they do not see; though hearing, they do not hear or understand.

  • Matt 20:15
    68%

    15Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with my own? Is your eye evil, because I am good?

  • Luke 20:16
    68%

    16He shall come and destroy those tenant farmers, and shall give the vineyard to others. And when they heard it, they said, God forbid.

  • Matt 20:32
    68%

    32And Jesus stood still, and called them, and said, What do you want me to do for you?

  • Matt 22:46
    68%

    46And no one was able to answer him a word, nor did anyone dare from that day on to ask him any more questions.

  • Matt 13:34
    68%

    34Jesus spoke all these things to the crowd in parables; he did not say anything to them without using a parable.

  • John 10:32
    68%

    32Jesus answered them, Many good works I have shown you from my Father; for which of these works do you stone me?

  • John 7:16
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    16Jesus answered them and said, My teaching is not mine, but his who sent me.