Luke - 5:22



22 But Jesus, perceiving their thoughts, answered them, "Why are you reasoning so in your hearts?

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But when Jesus perceived their thoughts, he answering said unto them, What reason ye in your hearts?
But Jesus perceiving their reasonings, answered and said unto them, Why reason ye in your hearts?
And when Jesus knew their thoughts, answering, he said to them: What is it you think in your hearts?
But Jesus, knowing their reasonings, answering said to them, Why reason ye in your hearts?
And Jesus having known their reasonings, answering, said unto them, 'What reason ye in your hearts?
Well aware of their reasonings, Jesus answered their questions by asking in turn, "What is this that you are debating in your hearts?
But Jesus, who had knowledge of their thoughts, said to them, Why are you reasoning in your hearts?
But when Jesus realized their thoughts, responding, he said to them: "What are you thinking in your hearts?
When Jesus became aware of the way in which they were debating, he turned to them and exclaimed, "What are you debating with yourselves?

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But when Jesus perceived their thoughts,.... Being God omniscient;
he answering said unto them, what reason ye in your hearts? This he said, not as being ignorant what their reasonings were, for it is before said he perceived their thoughts, but to expose the wickedness of them; in one exemplar of Beza's it is added, "evil things", as in Matthew 9:4. See Gill on Matthew 9:4.

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