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Matthew Chapter 9 verse 4 Holy Bible

ASV Matthew 9:4

And Jesus knowing their thoughts said, Wherefore think ye evil in your hearts?
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BBE Matthew 9:4

And Jesus, having knowledge of what was in their minds, said, Why are your thoughts evil?
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DARBY Matthew 9:4

And Jesus, seeing their thoughts, said, Why do *ye* think evil things in your hearts?
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KJV Matthew 9:4

And Jesus knowing their thoughts said, Wherefore think ye evil in your hearts?
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WBT Matthew 9:4

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WEB Matthew 9:4

Jesus, knowing their thoughts, said, "Why do you think evil in your hearts?
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YLT Matthew 9:4

And Jesus, having known their thoughts, said, `Why think ye evil in your hearts?
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 4. - And Jesus knowing; εἰδώς (but Textus Receptus, with margin of Westcott and Hort, and of Revised Version, ἰδών, "seeing" ); parallel passages, ἐπιγνούς. The difference of form with agreement in sense points to varying translations of ידע (so Peshito, in each place). Perhaps the same cause may also account for the difference in the next words, ἐνθυμήσεις ἐνθυμεῖσθε, but in the parallel passages, διαλογίζονται, διαλογισμούς διαλογίζεσθε (cf. also ver. 8). (For similar instances of our Lord's knowledge, cf. Matthew 12:25; Luke 6:8; Luke 9:47John 2:25; cf. further, supra, Matthew 8:10, note.) Their thoughts, said, Wherefore think ye evil in your hearts? Evil (πονηρά). Does the plural point to stages in their reasoning? or is it merely used because he was addressing more than one person?

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(4) Knowing their thoughts.--The better MSS. give "seeing," as with an immediate act of intuition. St. Mark adds his usual "immediately," and both he and St. Luke use the word which implies fulness of knowledge.Wherefore think ye evil?--Literally, evil things. The thoughts were evil because, in face of the mighty works and the divine wisdom of the Teacher, they were assuming that He had wantonly spoken words that involved the most extreme of all forms of sin against the God in whose name He taught.