Luke 20:8
New International Version
Jesus said, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I am doing these things.”

New Living Translation
And Jesus responded, “Then I won’t tell you by what authority I do these things.”

English Standard Version
And Jesus said to them, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.”

Berean Standard Bible
And Jesus replied, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I am doing these things.”

Berean Literal Bible
And Jesus said to them, "Neither do I tell you by what authority I am doing these things."

King James Bible
And Jesus said unto them, Neither tell I you by what authority I do these things.

New King James Version
And Jesus said to them, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.”

New American Standard Bible
And Jesus said to them, “Neither am I telling you by what authority I do these things.”

NASB 1995
And Jesus said to them, “Nor will I tell you by what authority I do these things.”

NASB 1977
And Jesus said to them, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.”

Legacy Standard Bible
And Jesus said to them, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.”

Amplified Bible
Then Jesus said to them, “Nor am I telling you by what [kind of] authority I do these things.”

Christian Standard Bible
And Jesus said to them, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.”

Holman Christian Standard Bible
And Jesus said to them, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.”

American Standard Version
And Jesus said unto them, Neither tell I you by what authority I do these things.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Yeshua said to them, “Neither do I say to you by what authority I do these things.”

Contemporary English Version
Jesus replied, "Then I won't tell you who gave me the right to do what I do."

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Jesus said to them: Neither do I tell thee by what authority I do these things.

English Revised Version
And Jesus said unto them, Neither tell I you by what authority I do these things.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Jesus told them, "Then I won't tell you why I have the right to do these things."

Good News Translation
And Jesus said to them, "Neither will I tell you, then, by what right I do these things."

International Standard Version
Then Jesus told them, "Then I won't tell you by what authority I'm doing these things."

Literal Standard Version
and Jesus said to them, “Neither do I say to you by what authority I do these things.”

Majority Standard Bible
And Jesus replied, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I am doing these things.”

New American Bible
Then Jesus said to them, “Neither shall I tell you by what authority I do these things.”

NET Bible
Then Jesus said to them, "Neither will I tell you by whose authority I do these things."

New Revised Standard Version
Then Jesus said to them, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I am doing these things.”

New Heart English Bible
Jesus said to them, "Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things."

Webster's Bible Translation
And Jesus said to them, Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things.

Weymouth New Testament
"Nor will I tell you," said Jesus, "by what authority I do these things."

World English Bible
Jesus said to them, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.”

Young's Literal Translation
and Jesus said to them, 'Neither do I say to you by what authority I do these things.'

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Context
Jesus' Authority Challenged
7So they answered that they did not know where it was from. 8And Jesus replied, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I am doing these things.” 9Then He proceeded to tell the people this parable: “A man planted a vineyard, rented it out to some tenants, and went away for a long time.…

Cross References
Luke 20:7
So they answered that they did not know where it was from.

Luke 20:9
Then He proceeded to tell the people this parable: "A man planted a vineyard, rented it out to some tenants, and went away for a long time.


Treasury of Scripture

And Jesus said to them, Neither tell I you by what authority I do these things.

Luke 22:68
And if I also ask you, ye will not answer me, nor let me go.

Job 5:12,13
He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise…

Proverbs 26:4,5
Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him…

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Verse 8. - And Jesus said unto them, Neither tell I you by what authority I do these things. Jesus, on hearing their plea of ignorance, now contemptuously declines to answer the Sanhedrists' question in the direct way they desired, but at once proceeds to speak a parable which unmistakably contains the reply.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
And
Καὶ (Kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

Jesus
Ἰησοῦς (Iēsous)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 2424: Of Hebrew origin; Jesus, the name of our Lord and two other Israelites.

replied,
εἶπεν (eipen)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 2036: Answer, bid, bring word, command. A primary verb; to speak or say.

“Neither
Οὐδὲ (Oude)
Adverb
Strong's 3761: Neither, nor, not even, and not. From ou and de; not however, i.e. Neither, nor, not even.

{will} I
ἐγὼ (egō)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative 1st Person Singular
Strong's 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.

tell
λέγω (legō)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular
Strong's 3004: (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command.

you
ὑμῖν (hymin)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 2nd Person Plural
Strong's 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.

by
ἐν (en)
Preposition
Strong's 1722: In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc.

what
ποίᾳ (poia)
Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Dative Feminine Singular
Strong's 4169: Of what sort. From the base of pou and hoios; individualizing interrogative what sort of, or which one.

authority
ἐξουσίᾳ (exousia)
Noun - Dative Feminine Singular
Strong's 1849: From exesti; privilege, i.e. force, capacity, competency, freedom, or mastery, delegated influence.

I am doing
ποιῶ (poiō)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular
Strong's 4160: (a) I make, manufacture, construct, (b) I do, act, cause. Apparently a prolonged form of an obsolete primary; to make or do.

these things.”
ταῦτα (tauta)
Demonstrative Pronoun - Accusative Neuter Plural
Strong's 3778: This; he, she, it.


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