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Bible in Basic English
And he said to them, Why do they say that the Christ 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,
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?
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 And they had fear of putting any more questions to him. 41 And he said to them, Why do they say that the Christ is the son of David? 42 For David himself says in the book of Psalms, The Lord said to my Lord, Take your seat at my right hand,
Cross References
Matthew 1:1
The book of the generations of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.
Mark 12:35-37
And Jesus, when he was teaching in the Temple, said, How do the scribes say that the Christ is the Son of David?
Isaiah 9:6-7
For to us a child has come, to us a son is given; and the government has been placed in his hands; and he has been named Wise Guide, Strong God, Father for ever, Prince of Peace.
Isaiah 11:1-2
And there will come a rod out of the broken tree of Jesse, and a branch out of his roots will give fruit.
Jeremiah 23:5-6
See, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will give to David a true Branch, and he will be ruling as king, acting wisely, doing what is right, and judging uprightly in the land.
Jeremiah 33:15-16
In those days and at that time, I will let a Branch of righteousness come up for David; and he will be a judge in righteousness in the land.
Jeremiah 33:21
Then my agreement with my servant David may be broken, so that he no longer has a son to take his place on the seat of the kingdom; and my agreement with the Levites, the priests, my servants.
Matthew 22:41-45
Now while the Pharisees were together, Jesus put a question to them, saying,
Luke 18:38-39
And he said in a loud voice, Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me.
John 7:42
Do not the Writings say that the Christ comes of the seed of David and from Beth-lehem, the little town where David was?
Acts 2:30
But being a prophet, and having in mind the oath which God had given to him, that of the fruit of his body one would take his place as a king,
Romans 1:3-4
About his Son who, in the flesh, came from the family of David,
Revelation 22:16
I, Jesus, have sent my angel to give witness to you of these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, the bright and morning star.