Luke 11:54

And waiting to ambush him, they sought something from his mouth that they might seize upon, in order to accuse him.

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

53Then, while he was saying these things to them, the Pharisees and the experts in the law began to insist strongly that he restrain his mouth about many things.

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Cross References

Matthew 22:15Then the Pharisees, going out, took counsel as to how they might entrap him in speech.

Matthew 22:35And one of them, a doctor of the law, questioned him, to test him:

Mark 12:13And they sent some of the Pharisees and Herodians to him, so that they might trap him with words.

Matthew Henry on Luke 11:38-54

Woes Denounced on That Generation; The Pharisees and Lawyers Reproved. 37 And as he spake, a certain Pharisee besought him to dine with him: and he went in, and sat down to meat. 38 And when the Pharisee saw it, he marvelled that he had not first washed before dinner. 39 And the Lord said unto him, Now do ye Pharisees make clean the outside of the cup and the platter; but your inward part is full of ravening and wickedness. 40 Ye fools, did not he that made that which is without make that which is within also? 41… Read the whole commentary →

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