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Luke 24:11
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KJ21
And their words seemed to them as idle tales, and they believed them not.
ASV
And these words appeared in their sight as idle talk; and they disbelieved them.
AMP
But their report seemed to them like idle talk and nonsense, and they would not believe them.
AMPC
But these reports seemed to the men an idle tale (madness, feigned things, nonsense), and they did not believe the women.
BRG
And their words seemed to them as idle tales, and they believed them not.
CSB
But these words seemed like nonsense to them, and they did not believe the women.
CSBA
But these words seemed like nonsense to them, and they did not believe the women.
CEB
Their words struck the apostles as nonsense, and they didn’t believe the women.
CJB
But the emissaries didn’t believe them; in fact, they thought that what they said was utter nonsense!
CEV
The apostles thought it was all nonsense, and they would not believe.
DARBY
And their words appeared in their eyes as an idle tale, and they disbelieved them.
DLNT
And these words appeared in their sight as if nonsense, and they were not-believing them.
DRA
And these words seemed to them as idle tales; and they did not believe them.
ERV
But the apostles did not believe what they said. It sounded like nonsense.
EASY
But they did not believe what the women said. They thought that it was just a silly story.
EHV
Yet these words seemed to them like nonsense, and they did not believe them.
ESV
but these words seemed to them an idle tale, and they did not believe them.
ESVUK
but these words seemed to them an idle tale, and they did not believe them.
EXB
But they did not believe the women, because it ·sounded [seemed] like nonsense.
GNV
But their words seemed unto them as a feigned thing, neither believed they them.
GW
The apostles thought that the women’s story didn’t make any sense, and they didn’t believe them.
GNT
But the apostles thought that what the women said was nonsense, and they did not believe them.
HCSB
But these words seemed like nonsense to them, and they did not believe the women.
ICB
But they did not believe the women. It sounded like nonsense.
ISV
But what they said seemed nonsense to them, so they did not believe them.
PHILLIPS
It was Mary of Magdala, Joanna, the mother of James, and their companions who made this report to the apostles. But it struck them as sheer imagination, and they did not believe the women. Only Peter got up and ran to the tomb. He stooped down and saw the linen clothes lying there all by themselves, and he went home wondering at what had happened.
JUB
And their words seemed to them as idle tales, and they did not believe them.
KJV
And their words seemed to them as idle tales, and they believed them not.
AKJV
And their words seemed to them as idle tales, and they believed them not.
LSB
But these words appeared to them as nonsense, and they were not believing them.
LEB
And these words appeared to them as nonsense, and they refused to believe them.
TLB
But the story sounded like a fairy tale to the men—they didn’t believe it.
MSG
They left the tomb and broke the news of all this to the Eleven and the rest. Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James, and the other women with them kept telling these things to the apostles, but the apostles didn’t believe a word of it, thought they were making it all up.
MEV
But their words seemed like fables to them, and they did not believe them.
MOUNCE
but these words seemed like nonsense to them, · and they did not believe them.
NOG
The apostles thought that the women’s story didn’t make any sense, and they didn’t believe them.
NABRE
but their story seemed like nonsense and they did not believe them.
NASB
But these words appeared to them as nonsense, and they would not believe the women.
NASB1995
But these words appeared to them as nonsense, and they would not believe them.
NCB
However, this story of theirs seemed to be nonsense, and the apostles did not believe them.
NCV
But they did not believe the women, because it sounded like nonsense.
NET
But these words seemed like pure nonsense to them, and they did not believe them.
NIRV
But the apostles did not believe the women. Their words didn’t make any sense to them.
NIV
But they did not believe the women, because their words seemed to them like nonsense.
NIVUK
But they did not believe the women, because their words seemed to them like nonsense.
NKJV
And their words seemed to them like idle tales, and they did not believe them.
NLV
Their words sounded like foolish talk. The followers did not believe them.
NLT
But the story sounded like nonsense to the men, so they didn’t believe it.
NMB
But their words seemed to them like false tales, and they did not believe them.
NRSVA
But these words seemed to them an idle tale, and they did not believe them.
NRSVACE
But these words seemed to them an idle tale, and they did not believe them.
NRSVCE
But these words seemed to them an idle tale, and they did not believe them.
NRSVUE
But these words seemed to them an idle tale, and they did not believe them.
NTFE
and this message seemed to them just stupid, useless talk, and they didn’t believe them.
OJB
And these words of theirs appeared to the Moshiach’s Shlichim as utter narrishkait, and the Shlichim had no emunah in what they said.
RGT
But their words seemed like nonsense to them, and they did not believe them.
RSV
but these words seemed to them an idle tale, and they did not believe them.
RSVCE
but these words seemed to them an idle tale, and they did not believe them.
TLV
But these words appeared to them as nonsense, and they would not believe them.
VOICE
The Lord’s emissaries heard their stories as fiction, a lie; they didn’t believe a word of it. (By the way, this group of women included Mary Magdalene, Joanna, and Mary the mother of James, along with a number of others.)
WEB
These words seemed to them to be nonsense, and they didn’t believe them.
WE
But Peter got up and ran to the grave. He bowed down and looked in. He saw the linen clothes lying there, but nothing more. Then he left, wondering about what had happened.
WYC
And these words were seen to them as madness [And these words were seen before them as madness], and they believed not to them.
YLT
and their sayings appeared before them as idle talk, and they were not believing them.
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