52 [a]Woe be to you, Lawyers: for ye have [b]taken away the key of knowledge: ye entered not in yourselves, and them that came in, ye forbade.

53 [c]And as he said these things unto them, the Scribes and Pharisees began to urge him sore, and to [d]provoke him to speak of many things,

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

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 11:52 They have of long time chiefly hindered the people, from entering into the knowledge of God, which ought to be the doorkeepers of the Church.
  2. Luke 11:52 You have hidden and taken away, so that it cannot be found anywhere.
  3. Luke 11:53 The more the world is reprehended, the worse it is, and yet must we not betray the truth.
  4. Luke 11:53 They proposed many questions to him, to draw something out of his mouth, which they might traitorously carp at.

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