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Luke 20:26

Luke 20:26 is verse 26 of Luke chapter 20, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

And they were unable to trap Him in His words before the people; and amazed at His answer, they fell silent.

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King James Version

And they could not take hold of his words before the people: and they marvelled at his answer, and held their peace.

World English Bible

They weren’t able to trap him in his words before the people. They marveled at his answer and were silent.

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Luke 20:24–28 · Berean Standard Bible

24 “Show Me a denarius. Whose image and inscription are on it?” “Caesar’s,” they answered.

25 So Jesus told them, “Give to Caesar what is Caesar’s, and to God what is God’s.”

26 And they were unable to trap Him in His words before the people; and amazed at His answer, they fell silent.

27 Then some of the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to question Him.

28 “Teacher,” they said, “Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies and leaves a wife but no children, the man is to marry his brother’s widow and raise up offspring for him.

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Cross-references

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Luke 20:20

So they watched Him closely and sent spies who pretended to be sincere. They were hoping to catch Him in His words in order to hand Him over to the rule and authority of the governor.

Luke 20:39

Some of the scribes answered, “Teacher, You have spoken well!”

Luke 20:40

And they did not dare to question Him any further.

Job 5:12

He thwarts the schemes of the crafty, so that their hands find no success.

Job 5:13

He catches the wise in their craftiness, and sweeps away the plans of the cunning.

Proverbs 26:4

Do not answer a fool according to his folly, or you yourself will be like him.

Proverbs 26:5

Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he become wise in his own eyes.

2 Timothy 3:8

Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so also these men oppose the truth. They are depraved in mind and disqualified from the faith.

2 Timothy 3:9

But they will not advance much further. For just like Jannes and Jambres, their folly will be plain to everyone.

Luke 13:17

When Jesus said this, all His adversaries were humiliated. And the whole crowd rejoiced at all the glorious things He was doing.

Matthew 22:12

‘Friend,’ he asked, ‘how did you get in here without wedding clothes?’ But the man was speechless.

Matthew 22:22

And when they heard this, they were amazed. So they left Him and went away.

Matthew 22:34

And when the Pharisees heard that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, they themselves gathered together.

Romans 3:19

Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God.

Titus 1:10

For many are rebellious and full of empty talk and deception, especially those of the circumcision,

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