Luke 20:23
But he perceived their craftiness, and said: Why tempt ye me?
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
But he perceived their craftiness, and said unto them, Why tempt ye me?
In Context
22Is it lawful for us to pay head-money to Caesar, or not?
24Show me a denarius. Whose is this image and superscription upon it? They said to him, Caesar's.
Cross References
Matthew 16:1And Pharisees and Sadducees came near, tempting him, and asking him to show them a sign from heaven.
Luke 5:22And Jesus knew their thoughts, and said to them: What think ye in your heart?
Luke 11:16And others, to tempt him, asked of him a sign from heaven.
Luke 20:20And they sent to him spies, who feigned themselves righteous men, that they might insnare him in discourse, and deliver him up to a court, and to the authority of the president.
1 Corinthians 3:19For the wisdom of this world is fatuity with God: for it is written, He catcheth the wise in their own craftiness.
Hebrews 4:13neither is there any creature, which is concealed from before him; but every thing is naked and manifest before his eyes, to whom we are to give account.
Matthew Henry on Luke 20:21-27
Christ's Enemies Nonplussed. 20 And they watched him, and sent forth spies, which should feign themselves just men, that they might take hold of his words, that so they might deliver him unto the power and authority of the governor. 21 And they asked him, saying, Master, we know that thou sayest and teachest rightly, neither acceptest thou the person of any, but teachest the way of God truly: 22 Is it lawful for us to give tribute unto Cæsar, or no? 23 But he perceived their craftiness, and said unto them, Why… Read the whole commentary →