Luke 20:8
And Jesus said unto them, Neither tell I you by what authority I do these things.
And Iesus said vnto them, Neither tell I you by what authoritie I doe these things.
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- Job 5:12–13Rank 1 from verse 8
12He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.
13He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong.
12*Hee disappointeth the deuices of the craftie, so that their hands ‖cannot performe their enterprise.
13*He taketh the wise in their owne craftinesse: and the counsell of the froward is caried headlong.
- Mark 11:33Rank 2 from verse 8
33And they answered and said unto Jesus, We cannot tell. And Jesus answering saith unto them, Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things.
33And they answered and said vnto Iesus, We cannot tell. And Iesus answering, saith vnto them, Neither do I tell you by what authority I doe these things.
- Matthew 15:14Rank 3 from verse 8
- Matthew 16:4Rank 4 from verse 8
4A wicked and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given unto it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas. And he left them, and departed.
4A wicked and adulterous generation seeketh after a signe, and there shall no signe be giuen vnto it, but the signe of the Prophet Ionas. And hee left them, and departed.
- Matthew 21:27Rank 5 from verse 8
- Proverbs 26:4–5Rank 6 from verse 8
4Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him.
5Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit.
4Answere not a foole according to his folly, lest thou also be like vnto him.
5†Answere a foole according to his folly, lest hee be wise in his owne conceit.
- Luke 22:68Rank 7 from verse 8
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Luke 20:8
Spoke, declared, reported, commanded, or expressed in words.
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1. Also not; nor, introducing or joining a further negative statement or prohibition. 2. Not either, or none, of the alternatives named, commonly in a neither ... nor construction.
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1. To speak, relate, declare, report, inform, explain, reveal, recount, or make known. 2. To know, discern, or determine, especially in 'cannot tell' or 'who can tell.' 3. To count, number, or enumerate.
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The second-person plural pronoun referring to those being addressed.
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1. The right or power to command, rule, judge, speak, or act. 2. A position or exercise of such rule or power.
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7And they answered, that they could not tell whence it was.
7And they answered, that they could not tell whence it was.
8And Jesus said unto them, Neither tell I you by what authority I do these things.
8And Iesus said vnto them, Neither tell I you by what authoritie I doe these things.
Selected passage9Then began he to speak to the people this parable; A certain man planted a vineyard, and let it forth to husbandmen, and went into a far country for a long time.
9Then began hee to speake to the people this parable: *A certaine man planted a vineyard, and let it foorth to husbandmen, and went into a farre countrey for a long time.