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Luke 20:19

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The chief priests and the scribes sought to lay hands on him that very hour, but they feared the people—for they knew he had spoken this parable against them.

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Luke 20:19 in other translations

And the scribes and the chief priests sought to lay hands on him in that very hour; and they feared the people: for they perceived that he spake this parable against them.

Luke 20:19 · American Standard Version

Luke 20:19 in context

  1. 17But he looked at them and said, “Then what is this that is written,
    ‘The stone which the builders rejected
    was made the chief cornerstone?’
  2. 18Everyone who falls on that stone will be broken to pieces,
    but it will crush whomever it falls on to dust.”
  3. 19The chief priests and the scribes sought to lay hands on him that very hour, but they feared the people—for they knew he had spoken this parable against them.
  4. 20They watched him and sent out spies, who pretended to be righteous, that they might trap him in something he said, so as to deliver him up to the power and authority of the governor.
  5. 21They asked him, “Teacher, we know that you say and teach what is right, and aren’t partial to anyone, but truly teach the way of God.