Matthew Chapter 22 verse 18 Holy Bible
But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, Why make ye trial of me, ye hypocrites?
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But Jesus saw their trick and said, Oh false ones, why are you attempting to put me in the wrong?
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But Jesus, knowing their wickedness, said, Why tempt ye me, hypocrites?
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But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, Why tempt ye me, ye hypocrites?
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But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, "Why do you test me, you hypocrites?
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And Jesus having known their wickedness, said, `Why me do ye tempt, hypocrites?
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 18. - Wickedness. The malice and hypocrisy which prompted the inquiry. Why tempt ye me, ye hypocrites? They were hypocrites because they falsely assumed the guise of conscientious men, who had no sinister motive, and desired merely to hear the decision of a much-esteemed Rabbi. Christ's words proved in a moment that he saw through them, understood the meaning of the temptation to which they had subjected him - how they were trying to involve him in a political difficulty, from which they deemed no escape was possible. The character which they had fiatteringly. given to Jesus (ver. 16) he here fully responds to.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(18) Ye hypocrites.--The special form of the hypocrisy was that the questioners had come, not avowedly as disputants, but as "just men" (Luke 20:20) perplexed in conscience and seeking guidance as from One whom they really honoured.