Luke 20:19 - Catholic Public Domain Version

And the leaders of the priests, and the scribes, were seeking to lay hands on him in that same hour, but they feared the people. For they realized that he had spoken this parable about them.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

And the chief priests and the scribes the same hour sought to lay hands on him; and they feared the people: for they perceived that he had spoken this parable against them.

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Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

The scribes and the chief priests desired and tried to find a way to arrest Him at that very hour, but they were afraid of the people; for they discerned that He had related this parable against them.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And the scribes and the chief priests sought to lay hands on him in that very hour; and they feared the people: for they perceived that he spake this parable against them.

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Common English Bible

The legal experts and chief priests wanted to arrest him right then because they knew he had told this parable against them. But they feared the people.

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Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And the chief priests and the scribes sought to lay hands on him the same hour: but they feared the people, for they knew that he spoke this parable to them.

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