Mark - 12:24



24 Jesus answered them, "Isn't this because you are mistaken, not knowing the Scriptures, nor the power of God?

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And Jesus answering said unto them, Do ye not therefore err, because ye know not the scriptures, neither the power of God?
Jesus said unto them, Is it not for this cause that ye err, that ye know not the scriptures, nor the power of God?
And Jesus answering, saith to them: Do ye not therefore err, because you know not the scriptures, nor the power of God?
And Jesus answering said to them, 'Do ye not because of this go astray, not knowing the Writings, nor the power of God?
"Is not this the cause of your error," replied Jesus - "your ignorance alike of the Scriptures and of the power of God?
Jesus said to them, Is not this the reason for your error, that you have no knowledge of the holy Writings or of the power of God?
And Jesus responded by saying to them: "But have you not gone astray, by knowing neither the scriptures, nor the power of God?
"Is not the reason of your mistake," answered Jesus, "your ignorance of the scriptures and of the power of God?

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And Jesus answering said unto them,.... Which they thought he was not able to do, but would have been silenced at once by them, as many of their antagonists had been:
do ye not therefore err, because ye know not the Scriptures, neither the power of God? what is expressed in Matthew affirmatively, is here put by way of interrogation, which, with the Jews, was a more vehement way of affirming; See Gill on Matthew 22:29.

Do ye not therefore err, because ye know not the scriptures--regarding the future state.
neither the power of God?--before which a thousand such difficulties vanish.

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