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Luke 20:39
Luke 20:39 is verse 39 of Luke chapter 20, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
Some of the scribes answered, “Teacher, You have spoken well!”
King James Version
Then certain of the scribes answering said, Master, thou hast well said.
World English Bible
Some of the scribes answered, “Teacher, you speak well.”
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Luke 20:37–41 · Berean Standard Bible
37 Even Moses demonstrates that the dead are raised, in the passage about the burning bush. For he calls the Lord ‘the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.’
38 He is not the God of the dead, but of the living, for to Him all are alive.”
39 Some of the scribes answered, “Teacher, You have spoken well!”
40 And they did not dare to question Him any further.
41 Then Jesus declared, “How can it be said that the Christ is the Son of David?
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Cross-references
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Matthew 22:34And when the Pharisees heard that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, they themselves gathered together.
Matthew 22:35One of them, an expert in the law, tested Him with a question:
Matthew 22:36“Teacher, which commandment is the greatest in the Law?”
Matthew 22:37Jesus declared, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’
Matthew 22:38This is the first and greatest commandment.
Matthew 22:39And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’
Matthew 22:40All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.”
Mark 12:28Now one of the scribes had come up and heard their debate. Noticing how well Jesus had answered them, he asked Him, “Which commandment is the most important of all?”
Mark 12:29Jesus replied, “This is the most important: ‘Hear O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is One.
Mark 12:30Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’
Mark 12:31The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ No other commandment is greater than these.”
Mark 12:32“Right, Teacher,” the scribe replied. “You have stated correctly that God is One and there is no other but Him,
Mark 12:33and to love Him with all your heart and with all your understanding and with all your strength, and to love your neighbor as yourself, which is more important than all burnt offerings and sacrifices.”
Mark 12:34When Jesus saw that the man had answered wisely, He said, “You are not far from the kingdom of God.” And no one dared to question Him any further.
Acts 23:9A great clamor arose, and some scribes from the party of the Pharisees got up and contended sharply, “We find nothing wrong with this man. What if a spirit or an angel has spoken to him?”