The King James Version Bible

Luke 11:54

Laying wait for him, and seeking to catch something out of his mouth, that they might accuse him.

Cross References

  1. And they send unto him certain of the Pharisees and of the Herodians, to catch him in his words.
  2. Then went the Pharisees, and took counsel how they might entangle him in his talk.
  3. The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him. The LORD will not leave him in his hand, nor condemn him when he is judged.
  4. Every day they wrest my words: all their thoughts are against me for evil. They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they mark my steps, when they wait for my soul.
  5. But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, Why tempt ye me, ye hypocrites?
  6. Then one of them, which was a lawyer, asked him a question, tempting him, and saying,
  7. And they watched him, whether he would heal him on the sabbath day; that they might accuse him.
  8. And they watched him, and sent forth spies, which should feign themselves just men, that they might take hold of his words, that so they might deliver him unto the power and authority of the governor.