Luke 11:53

As he was saying these things to them, the scribes and the Pharisees began to oppose him fiercely and to question him closely about many things,

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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! For you have taken away the key of knowledge. You yourselves have not entered, and you have hindered those who were trying to enter.”

54lying in wait for him and seeking to catch him in some word coming out of his mouth, so that they might accuse him.

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Cross References

Luke 20:27Now some of the Sadducees, who deny that there is a resurrection, came up and asked Jesus,

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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