KJV King James Version
Woe unto you, lawyers! for ye have taken away the key of knowledge: ye entered not in yourselves, and them that were entering in ye hindered.
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Luke 11:52
Woe unto you, lawyers! for ye have taken away the key of knowledge: ye entered not in yourselves, and them that were entering in ye hindered.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Woe to you experts in the law! For you have taken away the key to knowledge. You yourselves have not entered, and you have hindered those who were entering.”
WEB World English Bible
Woe to you lawyers! For you took away the key of knowledge. You didn’t enter in yourselves, and those who were entering in, you hindered.”
ASV American Standard Version
Woe unto you lawyers! for ye took away the key of knowledge: ye entered not in yourselves, and them that were entering in ye hindered.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
‘Woe to you, the lawyers, because ye took away the key of the knowledge; yourselves ye did not enter; and those coming in, ye did hinder.’
Surrounding context — Luke 11
49 Therefore also said the wisdom of God, I will send them prophets and apostles, and [some] of them they shall slay and persecute:
50 That the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation;
51 From the blood of Abel unto the blood of Zacharias, which perished between the altar and the temple: verily I say unto you, It shall be required of this generation.
52 Woe unto you, lawyers! for ye have taken away the key of knowledge: ye entered not in yourselves, and them that were entering in ye hindered.
53 And as he said these things unto them, the scribes and the Pharisees began to urge [him] vehemently, and to provoke him to speak of many things:
54 Laying wait for him, and seeking to catch something out of his mouth, that they might accuse him.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
ΟὐαὶG3759 · ouaiwoe!ὑμῖνG4771 · suyouτοῖςG3588 · hothe/this/whoνομικοῖς,G3544 · nomikoslawyerὅτιG3754 · hotithat/since: thatἤρατεG142 · airōto take upτὴνG3588 · hothe/this/whoκλεῖδαG2807 · kleiskeyτῆςG3588 · hothe/this/whoγνώσεως.G1108 · gnōsisknowledgeαὐτοὶG846 · autosit/s/heοὐκG3756 · ounoεἰσήλθατεG1525 · eiserchomaito enterκαὶG2532 · kaiandτοὺςG3588 · hothe/this/whoεἰσερχομένουςG1525 · eiserchomaito enterἐκωλύσατε.¶G2967 · kōluōto prevent
Cross-references
Matthew 23:13But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in [yourselves], neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in.Malachi 2:7For the priest’s lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth: for he [is] the messenger of the LORD of hosts.Acts 4:17-18But that it spread no further among the people, let us straitly threaten them, that they speak henceforth to no man in this name.Luke 11:45-46Then answered one of the lawyers, and said unto him, Master, thus saying thou reproachest us also.John 9:24-34Then again called they the man that was blind, and said unto him, Give God the praise: we know that this man is a sinner.John 7:47-52Then answered them the Pharisees, Are ye also deceived?Acts 5:40And to him they agreed: and when they had called the apostles, and beaten [them], they commanded that they should not speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go.Luke 19:39-40And some of the Pharisees from among the multitude said unto him, Master, rebuke thy disciples.
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