Luke 20:41
Modern Translations
New International Version
Then Jesus said to them, "Why is it said that the Messiah is the son of David?

New Living Translation
Then Jesus presented them with a question. “Why is it,” he asked, “that the Messiah is said to be the son of David?

English Standard Version
But he said to them, “How can they say that the Christ is David’s son?

Berean Study Bible
Then Jesus declared, “How can it be said that the Christ is the Son of David?

New American Standard Bible
But He said to them, “How is it that they say the Christ is David’s son?

NASB 1995
Then He said to them, "How is it that they say the Christ is David's son?

NASB 1977
And He said to them, “How is it that they say the Christ is David’s son?

Amplified Bible
Then He said to them, “How is it that people say that the Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed) is David’s son?

Christian Standard Bible
Then he said to them, “How can they say that the Messiah is the son of David?

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Then He said to them, "How can they say that the Messiah is the Son of David?

Contemporary English Version
Jesus asked, "Why do people say that the Messiah will be the son of King David?

Good News Translation
Jesus asked them, "How can it be said that the Messiah will be the descendant of David?

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Jesus said to them, "How can people say that the Messiah is David's son?

International Standard Version
Then he asked them, "How can people say that the Messiah is David's son?

NET Bible
But he said to them, "How is it that they say that the Christ is David's son?
Classic Translations
King James Bible
And he said unto them, How say they that Christ is David's son?

New King James Version
And He said to them, “How can they say that the Christ is the Son of David?

King James 2000 Bible
And he said unto them, How say they that Christ is David's son?

New Heart English Bible
He said to them, "Why do they say that the Christ is David's son?

World English Bible
He said to them, "Why do they say that the Christ is David's son?

American King James Version
And he said to them, How say they that Christ is David's son?

American Standard Version
And he said unto them, How say they that the Christ is David's son?

A Faithful Version
Then He said to them, "Why do they say that the Christ is the Son of David?

Darby Bible Translation
And he said to them, How do they say that the Christ is David's son,

English Revised Version
And he said unto them, How say they that the Christ is David's son?

Webster's Bible Translation
And he said to them, How say they that Christ is David's son?

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
Then sayd he vnto them, Howe say they that Christ is Dauids sonne?

Bishops' Bible of 1568
And he sayde vnto them: Howe saye they that Christe is Dauids sonne:

Coverdale Bible of 1535
But he sayde vnto them: How saye they that Christ is Dauids sonne?

Tyndale Bible of 1526
Then sayde he vnto them: how saye they that Christ is Davids sonne?
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
And He said to them, “How do they say the Christ is [the] son of David,

Berean Literal Bible
And He said to them, "How do they declare the Christ to be Son of David?

Young's Literal Translation
And he said unto them, 'How do they say the Christ to be son of David,

Smith's Literal Translation
And he said to them, how say they Christ to be son of David?

Literal Emphasis Translation
And He said to them, How do they say that the Christ be the son of David?

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
But he said to them: How say they that Christ is the son of David?

Catholic Public Domain Version
But he said to them: “How can they say that the Christ is the son of David?

Translations from Aramaic
Aramaic Bible in Plain English
He said to them, “How do the Scribes say about The Messiah that he is the son of David?

Lamsa Bible
And he said to them, How can the scribes say concerning the Christ, that he is son of David?

NT Translations
Anderson New Testament
But he said to them: How say they that the Christ is the son of David?

Godbey New Testament
And He said to them; How do they say that the Christ is the son of David?

Haweis New Testament
Then he spake to them: How say they that the Messiah is the son of David?

Mace New Testament
But Jesus said to them, you affirm the Messiah must be descended from David, how can that be?

Weymouth New Testament
But He asked them, "How is it they say that the Christ is a son of David?

Worrell New Testament
And He said to them, "How say they that the Christ is David's Son?

Worsley New Testament
And He said unto them, How do they say, that Christ is the son of David?
















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