Berean Standard Bible
“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.””
Jesus speaks a series of woes against experts in the law, who were responsible for teaching Israel. He confronts them with sharp words.
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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
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.”
World English Bible (WEB)
Woe to you lawyers! For you took away the key of knowledge. You didn’t enter in yourselves, and those who were entering in, you hindered.”
King James Version (KJV)
Woe unto you, lawyers! for ye have taken away the key of knowledge: ye entered not in yourselves, and them that were entering in ye hindered.
American Standard Version (ASV)
Woe unto you lawyers! for ye took away the key of knowledge: ye entered not in yourselves, and them that were entering in ye hindered.
Bible in Basic English (BBE)
A curse is on you, teachers of the law! for you have taken away the key of knowledge: you did not go in yourselves, and you got in the way of those who were going in.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
'Woo to you, the lawyers, because you took away the key of the knowledge; yourselves you did not enter; and those coming in, you did hinder.'
Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)
¡Ay de vosotros, doctores de la ley! que habéis quitado la llave de la ciencia; vosotros mismos no entrasteis, y á los que entraban impedisteis.
Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)
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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)
»¡Ay de ustedes, maestros de la ley!, porque se han quedado con el control del conocimiento. Ustedes mismos no entran; y a los que quieren entrar, no los dejan».
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