Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
Then He said to them, "How is it that they say the Christ is David's son?
King James Version
And he said unto them, How say they that Christ is David's son?
Holman Bible
Then He said to them, "How can they say that the Messiah is the Son of David?
International Standard Version
Then he asked them, "How can people say that the Messiah is David's son?
A Conservative Version
And he said to them, How do they say the Christ is David's son?
American Standard Version
And he said unto them, How say they that the Christ is David's son?
Amplified
But He asked them, How can people say that the Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed One) is David's Son?
An Understandable Version
And Jesus said to them [i.e., the Pharisees. See Matt. 22:41], "How is it that they [i.e., the experts in the law of Moses. See Mark 12:35] can say that the Christ [i.e., God's specially chosen one] is the son of David?
Anderson New Testament
But he said to them: How say they that the Christ is the son of David?
Bible in Basic English
And he said to them, Why do they say that the Christ is the son of David?
Common New Testament
And he said to them, "How can they say that the Christ is the Son of David?
Daniel Mace New Testament
But Jesus said to them, you affirm the Messiah must be descended from David, how can that be?
Darby Translation
And he said to them, How do they say that the Christ is David's son,
Godbey New Testament
And He said to them; How do they say that the Christ is the son of David?
Goodspeed New Testament
But he said to them, "How can the scribes say that the Christ is a son of David?
John Wesley New Testament
And he said to them, How say they that Christ is David's son?
Jubilee 2000 Bible
And he said unto them, How do they say that the Christ is David's son?
Julia Smith Translation
And he said to them, how say they Christ to be son of David?
King James 2000
And he said unto them, How say they that Christ is David's son?
Lexham Expanded Bible
But he said to them, "In what sense do they say [that] the Christ is David's son?
Modern King James verseion
And He said to them, How do they say that Christ is the Son of David?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Then said he unto them, "How say they that Christ is David's son?
Moffatt New Testament
But he said to them, "How can people say that the Christ is David's son?
Montgomery New Testament
"How is it," he asked them, "that they say that Christ is David's son?
NET Bible
But he said to them, "How is it that they say that the Christ is David's son?
New Heart English Bible
He said to them, "Why do they say that the Messiah is David's son?
Noyes New Testament
And he said to them, How is it that men say that the Christ is Davids son?
Sawyer New Testament
And he said to them, How do they say that the Christ is the son of David?
The Emphasized Bible
And he said unto them - How say they, that, the Christ, is, David's Son?
Thomas Haweis New Testament
Then he spake to them: How say they that the Messiah is the son of David?
Twentieth Century New Testament
But Jesus said to them: "How is it that people say that the Christ is to be David's son?
Webster
And he said to them, How say they that Christ is David's son?
Weymouth New Testament
But He asked them, "How is it they say that the Christ is a son of David?
Williams New Testament
Then He said to them, "How do people say that the Christ is David's Son?
World English Bible
He said to them, "Why do they say that the Christ is David's son?
Worrell New Testament
And He said to them, "How say they that the Christ is David's Son?
Worsley New Testament
And He said unto them, How do they say, that Christ is the son of David?
Youngs Literal Translation
And he said unto them, 'How do they say the Christ to be son of David,
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Word Count of 38 Translations in Luke 20:41
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Context Readings
David's Son And Lord
40 For they did not have courage to question Him any longer about anything. 41 Then He said to them, "How is it that they say the Christ is David's son? 42 "For David himself says in the book of Psalms, 'THE LORD SAID TO MY LORD, "SIT AT MY RIGHT HAND,
Phrases
Cross References
Matthew 1:1
The record of the genealogy of Jesus the Messiah, the son of David, the son of Abraham:
Mark 12:35-37
And Jesus began to say, as He taught in the temple, "How is it that the scribes say that the Christ is the son of David?
Isaiah 9:6-7
For a child will be born to us, a son will be given to us; And the government will rest on His shoulders; And His name will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Eternal Father, Prince of Peace.
Isaiah 11:1-2
Then a shoot will spring from the stem of Jesse, And a branch from his roots will bear fruit.
Jeremiah 23:5-6
"Behold, the days are coming," declares the LORD, "When I will raise up for David a righteous Branch; And He will reign as king and act wisely And do justice and righteousness in the land.
Jeremiah 33:15-16
'In those days and at that time I will cause a righteous Branch of David to spring forth; and He shall execute justice and righteousness on the earth.
Jeremiah 33:21
then My covenant may also be broken with David My servant so that he will not have a son to reign on his throne, and with the Levitical priests, My ministers.
Matthew 22:41-45
Now while the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them a question:
Luke 18:38-39
And he called out, saying, "Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!"
John 7:42
"Has not the Scripture said that the Christ comes from the descendants of David, and from Bethlehem, the village where David was?"
Acts 2:30
"And so, because he was a prophet and knew that GOD HAD SWORN TO HIM WITH AN OATH TO SEAT one OF HIS DESCENDANTS ON HIS THRONE,
Romans 1:3-4
concerning His Son, who was born of a descendant of David according to the flesh,
Revelation 22:16
"I, Jesus, have sent My angel to testify to you these things for the churches I am the root and the descendant of David, the bright morning star."