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Luke 16:14-16
Lexham English Bible
Luke 16:14-16
Lexham English Bible
Hypocrisy, Law, and the Kingdom of God
14 Now the Pharisees, who were lovers of money, heard all these things, and they ridiculed him. 15 And he said to them, “You are the ones who justify themselves in the sight of men, but God knows your hearts! For what is considered exalted among men is an abomination in the sight of God.
16 “The law and the prophets were until John; from that time on the kingdom of God has been proclaimed, and everyone is urgently pressed[a] into it.
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- Luke 16:16 The verb is translated here as a passive; some English versions translate the verb as active (“forces their way into it”)
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