Luke 11:53

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

The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)

In The King James Version

And 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:

In Context

52Woe to you lawyers! because ye took away the key of knowledge; ye entered not in yourselves, and those who were entering in ye hindered.

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

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Cross References

Luke 20:27And some of the Sadducees, who deny that there is a resurrection, coming to him, asked him,

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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