Luke 20:19

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Then the experts in the law and the chief priests wanted to arrest him that very hour, because they realized he had told this parable against them. But they were afraid of the people.

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Referenced Verses

  • Luke 19:47-48 : 47 Jesus was teaching daily in the temple courts. The chief priests and the experts in the law and the prominent leaders among the people were seeking to assassinate him, 48 but they could not find a way to do it, for all the people hung on his words.
  • Luke 20:14 : 14 But when the tenants saw him, they said to one another,‘This is the heir; let’s kill him so the inheritance will be ours!’
  • Matt 21:45-46 : 45 When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they realized that he was speaking about them. 46 They wanted to arrest him, but they were afraid of the crowds, because the crowds regarded him as a prophet.
  • Matt 26:3-4 : 3 Then the chief priests and the elders of the people met together in the palace of the high priest, who was named Caiaphas. 4 They planned to arrest Jesus by stealth and kill him.
  • Mark 12:12 : 12 Now they wanted to arrest him(but they feared the crowd), because they realized that he told this parable against them. So they left him and went away.

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    20Paying Taxes to Caesar Then they watched him carefully and sent spies who pretended to be sincere. They wanted to take advantage of what he might say so that they could deliver him up to the authority and jurisdiction of the governor.

  • Mark 12:12-13
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    12Now they wanted to arrest him(but they feared the crowd), because they realized that he told this parable against them. So they left him and went away.

    13Paying Taxes to Caesar Then they sent some of the Pharisees and Herodians to trap him with his own words.

  • Matt 21:45-46
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    45When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they realized that he was speaking about them.

    46They wanted to arrest him, but they were afraid of the crowds, because the crowds regarded him as a prophet.

  • Luke 22:2
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    2The chief priests and the experts in the law were trying to find some way to execute Jesus, for they were afraid of the people.

  • Mark 11:18
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    18The chief priests and the experts in the law heard it and they considered how they could assassinate him, for they feared him, because the whole crowd was amazed by his teaching.

  • Luke 20:1-2
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    1The Authority of Jesus Now one day, as Jesus was teaching the people in the temple courts and proclaiming the gospel, the chief priests and the experts in the law with the elders came up

    2and said to him,“Tell us: By what authority are you doing these things? Or who is it who gave you this authority?”

  • Luke 19:47-48
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    47Jesus was teaching daily in the temple courts. The chief priests and the experts in the law and the prominent leaders among the people were seeking to assassinate him,

    48but they could not find a way to do it, for all the people hung on his words.

  • Luke 20:14-18
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    14But when the tenants saw him, they said to one another,‘This is the heir; let’s kill him so the inheritance will be ours!’

    15So they threw him out of the vineyard and killed him. What then will the owner of the vineyard do to them?

    16He will come and destroy those tenants and give the vineyard to others.” When the people heard this, they said,“May this never happen!”

    17But Jesus looked straight at them and said,“Then what is the meaning of that which is written:‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone’?

    18Everyone who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, and the one on whom it falls will be crushed.”

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    12They incited the people, the elders, and the experts in the law; then they approached Stephen, seized him, and brought him before the council.

  • Luke 11:53-54
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    53When he went out from there, the experts in the law and the Pharisees began to oppose him bitterly, and to ask him hostile questions about many things,

    54plotting against him, to catch him in something he might say.

  • John 11:57
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    57(Now the chief priests and the Pharisees had given orders that anyone who knew where Jesus was should report it, so that they could arrest him.)

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    20(Jesus spoke these words near the offering box while he was teaching in the temple courts. No one seized him because his time had not yet come.)

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    9The Parable of the Tenants Then he began to tell the people this parable:“A man planted a vineyard, leased it to tenant farmers, and went on a journey for a long time.

  • Matt 22:15
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  • Luke 22:66
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    66When day came, the council of the elders of the people gathered together, both the chief priests and the experts in the law. Then they led Jesus away to their council

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    27The Authority of Jesus They came again to Jerusalem. While Jesus was walking in the temple courts, the chief priests, the experts in the law, and the elders came up to him

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    26Thus they were unable in the presence of the people to trap him with his own words. And stunned by his answer, they fell silent.

  • Mark 14:1-2
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    2For they said,“Not during the feast, so there won’t be a riot among the people.”

  • John 7:32
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    32The Pharisees heard the crowd murmuring these things about Jesus, so the chief priests and the Pharisees sent officers to arrest him.

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    46Then they took hold of him and arrested him.

  • Luke 22:52
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    52Then Jesus said to the chief priests, the officers of the temple guard, and the elders who had come out to get him,“Have you come out with swords and clubs like you would against an outlaw?

  • Matt 21:38-39
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    38But when the tenants saw the son, they said to themselves,‘This is the heir. Come, let’s kill him and get his inheritance!’

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  • Luke 20:45
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  • Matt 26:3-5
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    3Then the chief priests and the elders of the people met together in the palace of the high priest, who was named Caiaphas.

    4They planned to arrest Jesus by stealth and kill him.

    5But they said,“Not during the feast, so that there won’t be a riot among the people.”

  • Luke 6:7
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    7The experts in the law and the Pharisees watched Jesus closely to see if he would heal on the Sabbath, so that they could find a reason to accuse him.

  • Matt 21:15
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    15But when the chief priests and the experts in the law saw the wonderful things he did and heard the children crying out in the temple courts,“Hosanna to the Son of David,” they became indignant

  • Matt 26:55
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    55At that moment Jesus said to the crowd,“Have you come out with swords and clubs to arrest me like you would an outlaw? Day after day I sat teaching in the temple courts, yet you did not arrest me.

  • Luke 23:10
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    10The chief priests and the experts in the law were there, vehemently accusing him.

  • John 7:30
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    30So then they tried to seize Jesus, but no one laid a hand on him, because his time had not yet come.

  • Matt 21:23
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    23The Authority of Jesus Now after Jesus entered the temple courts, the chief priests and elders of the people came up to him as he was teaching and said,“By what authority are you doing these things, and who gave you this authority?”

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  • John 7:44
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    44Some of them were wanting to seize him, but no one laid a hand on him.

  • Acts 5:24
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    24Now when the commander of the temple guard and the chief priests heard this report, they were greatly puzzled concerning it, wondering what this could be.

  • Luke 20:40
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    40For they did not dare any longer to ask him anything.

  • Matt 27:20
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    20But the chief priests and the elders persuaded the crowds to ask for Barabbas and to have Jesus killed.

  • Matt 12:14
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    14But the Pharisees went out and plotted against him, as to how they could assassinate him.

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