Bible verse
waiting to catch Him in something He might say.
Luke 11:54 · BSB
The verses around it, from Luke 11.
50 As a result, this generation will be charged with the blood of all the prophets that has been shed since the foundation of the world,
51 from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah, who was killed between the altar and the sanctuary. Yes, I tell you, all of it will be charged to this generation.
52 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.”
53 As Jesus went on from there, the scribes and Pharisees began to oppose Him bitterly and to ply Him with questions about many things,
54 waiting to catch Him in something He might say.
KJV
Laying wait for him, and seeking to catch something out of his mouth, that they might accuse him.
ASV
laying wait for him, to catch something out of his mouth.
ERV
laying wait for him, to catch something out of his mouth.
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