Luke 11:53

And when he had said these things to them, the Scribes and Pharisees began to be offended, and became angry, and carped at his discourses,

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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, Scribes; for ye have taken away the keys of knowledge: ye yourselves enter not, and them that are entering ye hinder.

54and practised many wiles upon him, seeking to catch some thing from his lips, that they might accuse him.

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Cross References

Luke 20:27And some of the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came and questioned 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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