Luke 11:54
Good News Translation
trying to lay traps for him and catch him saying something wrong.

New Revised Standard Version
lying in wait for him, to catch him in something he might say.

Contemporary English Version
so they could catch him saying something wrong.

New American Bible
for they were plotting to catch him at something he might say.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Lying in wait for him and seeking to catch something from his mouth, that they might accuse him.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Lying in wait for him and seeking to catch something from his mouth, that they might accuse him.

seeking.

Psalm 37:32,33 The wicked watcheth the just man, and seeketh to put him to death, . . .

Psalm 56:5,6 All the day long they detested my words: all their thoughts were against me unto evil. . . .

Matthew 22:15,18,35 Then the Pharisees going, consulted among themselves how to insnare him in his speech. . . .

Mark 12:13 And they sent to him some of the Pharisees and of the Herodians: that they should catch him in his words.

Context
Woes to Religious Leaders
53And as he was saying these things to them, the Pharisees and the lawyers began violently to urge him and to oppress his mouth about many things, 54Lying in wait for him and seeking to catch something from his mouth, that they might accuse him.
Cross References
2 Kings 5:7
And when the king of Israel had read the letter, he rent his garments, and said: Am I God, to be able to kill and give life, that this man hath sent to me to heal a man of his leprosy? mark, and see how he seeketh occasions against me.

Mark 3:2
And they watched him whether he would heal on the sabbath days, that they might accuse him.

Mark 12:13
And they sent to him some of the Pharisees and of the Herodians: that they should catch him in his words.

Luke 11:53
And as he was saying these things to them, the Pharisees and the lawyers began violently to urge him and to oppress his mouth about many things,

Luke 20:20
And being upon the watch, they sent spies, who should feign themselves just, that they might take hold of him in his words, that they might deliver him up to the authority and power of the governor.

Luke 20:26
And they could not reprehend his word before the people: and wondering at his answer, they held their peace.

Acts 23:21
But do not thou give credit to them: for there lie in wait for him more than forty men of them, who have bound themselves by oath neither to eat nor to drink, till they have killed him. And they are now ready, looking for a promise from thee.

Luke 11:53
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