Bible verse
And they were unable to trap Him in His words before the people; and amazed at His answer, they fell silent.
Luke 20:26 · BSB
The verses around it, from Luke 20.
22 Is it lawful for us to pay taxes to Caesar or not?”
23 But Jesus saw through their duplicity and said to them,
24 “Show Me a denarius. Whose image and inscription are on it?” “Caesar’s,” they answered.
25 So Jesus told them, “Give to Caesar what is Caesar’s, and to God what is God’s.”
26 And they were unable to trap Him in His words before the people; and amazed at His answer, they fell silent.
27 Then some of the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to question Him.
28 “Teacher,” they said, “Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies and leaves a wife but no children, the man is to marry his brother’s widow and raise up offspring for him.
29 Now there were seven brothers. The first one married a wife, but died childless.
30 Then the second
KJV
And they could not take hold of his words before the people: and they marvelled at his answer, and held their peace.
ASV
And they were not able to take hold of the saying before the people: and they marvelled at his answer, and held their peace.
ERV
And they were not able to take hold of the saying before the people: and they marveled at his answer, and held their peace.
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