Parallel Verses
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?
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
And he said unto them, How say they that Christ is David's son?
Holman Bible
Then
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
Then He said to them,
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?
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 37 Translations in Luke 20:41
Verse Info
Context Readings
David's Son And Lord
40 For they did not dare ask Him any more questions. 41 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? 42 For David himself said in the book of Psalms [Psa. 110:1], 'The Lord [i.e., God] said to my [i.e., David's] Lord [i.e., Jesus], sit at my right side
Cross References
Matthew 1:1
[This is] a record of the family background of Jesus Christ, the descendant of David, who was the descendant of Abraham. [Note: The following is an incomplete lineage through Jesus' step-father Joseph].
Mark 12:35-37
As Jesus was teaching in the Temple, He responded [to some Pharisees. See Matt. 22:41] by asking, "How is it that the experts in the law of Moses can say that the Christ is the son of David?
Matthew 22:41-45
Now while the Pharisees were assembled together, Jesus asked them this question,
Luke 18:38-39
So, he shouted out, "Jesus, you son of David, take pity on me."
John 7:42
Does not Scripture say [Micah 5:2] that the Christ will come as the descendant of King David, and from Bethlehem, the town where David lived?"
Acts 2:30
Since he was a prophet and knew that God had pledged His word that one of his [i.e., David's] descendants would sit on his throne [as king];
Romans 1:3-4
It was about His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord, who was born as a physical descendant of King David.
Revelation 22:16
"I, Jesus, have sent my angel to testify to you people about these things for [the benefit of] the churches [See 1:4]. I am the Root and the descendant of King David, the bright Morning Star."