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Matthew 28:13
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KJ21
saying, “Say ye, ‘His disciples came by night and stole him away while we slept.’
ASV
saying, Say ye, His disciples came by night, and stole him away while we slept.
AMP
and said, “You say this, ‘His disciples came at night and stole Him while we were sleeping.’
AMPC
And said, Tell people, His disciples came at night and stole Him away while we were sleeping.
BRG
Saying, Say ye, His disciples came by night, and stole him away while we slept.
CSB
and told them, “Say this, ‘His disciples came during the night and stole him while we were sleeping.’
CSBA
and told them, ‘Say this, “His disciples came during the night and stole him while we were sleeping.”
CEB
They told them, “Say that Jesus’ disciples came at night and stole his body while you were sleeping.
CJB
and said to them, “Tell people, ‘His talmidim came during the night and stole his body while we were sleeping.’
CEV
They said to the soldiers, “Tell everyone that Jesus' disciples came during the night and stole his body while you were asleep.
DARBY
saying, Say that his disciples coming by night stole him [while] we [were] sleeping.
DLNT
saying, “Say that ‘His disciples, having come by night, stole Him while we were sleeping’.
DRA
Saying: Say you, His disciples came by night, and stole him away when we were asleep.
ERV
and said to them, “Tell the people that Jesus’ followers came during the night and stole the body while you were sleeping.
EASY
They said to the soldiers, ‘When people ask you, you must say this: “Jesus' disciples came to the rock in the night and they took his body away. We were asleep when they did this.”
EHV
and said, “You are to say, ‘His disciples came at night and stole him away while we were sleeping.’
ESV
and said, “Tell people, ‘His disciples came by night and stole him away while we were asleep.’
ESVUK
and said, “Tell people, ‘His disciples came by night and stole him away while we were asleep.’
EXB
and said to them, “Tell the people that Jesus’ ·followers [disciples] came during the night and stole ·the body [him away] while you were asleep.
GNV
Saying, Say, His disciples came by night, and stole him away while we slept.
GW
and told them to say that Jesus’ disciples had come at night and had stolen his body while they were sleeping.
GNT
and said, “You are to say that his disciples came during the night and stole his body while you were asleep.
HCSB
and told them, “Say this, ‘His disciples came during the night and stole Him while we were sleeping.’
ICB
They said to the soldiers, “Tell the people that Jesus’ followers came during the night and stole the body while you were asleep.
ISV
They said, “Say that Jesus’ disciples came at night and stole him while you were sleeping.
PHILLIPS
And while they were on their way, some of the sentries went into the city and reported to the chief priests everything that had happened. They got together with the elders, and after consultation gave the soldiers a considerable sum of money and told them, “Your story must be that his disciples came after dark, and stole him away while you were asleep. If by any chance this reaches the governor’s ears, we will put it right with him and see that you do not suffer for it.” So they took the money and obeyed their instructions. The story was spread and is current among the Jews to this day.
JUB
saying, Say ye, His disciples came by night and stole him away while we slept.
KJV
Saying, Say ye, His disciples came by night, and stole him away while we slept.
AKJV
saying, Say ye, His disciples came by night, and stole him away while we slept.
LSB
and said, “You are to say, ‘His disciples came by night and stole Him away while we were asleep.’
LEB
telling them, “Say ‘His disciples came during the night and stole him while we were sleeping.’
TLB
A meeting of all the Jewish leaders was called, and it was decided to bribe the police to say they had all been asleep when Jesus’ disciples came during the night and stole his body.
MSG
Meanwhile, the guards had scattered, but a few of them went into the city and told the high priests everything that had happened. They called a meeting of the religious leaders and came up with a plan: They took a large sum of money and gave it to the soldiers, bribing them to say, “His disciples came in the night and stole the body while we were sleeping.” They assured them, “If the governor hears about your sleeping on duty, we will make sure you don’t get blamed.” The soldiers took the bribe and did as they were told. That story, cooked up in the Jewish High Council, is still going around. * * *
MEV
saying, “You are to say, ‘His disciples came by night and stole Him away while we were sleeping.’
MOUNCE
and told them, “You are to say, · ‘His disciples came by night and stole his body while we were sleeping.’
NOG
and told them to say that Yeshua’s disciples had come at night and had stolen his body while they were sleeping.
NABRE
telling them, “You are to say, ‘His disciples came by night and stole him while we were asleep.’
NASB
and said, “You are to say, ‘His disciples came at night and stole Him while we were asleep.’
NASB1995
and said, “You are to say, ‘His disciples came by night and stole Him away while we were asleep.’
NCB
and gave them this order: “Say, ‘His disciples came by night and stole the body while we were asleep.’
NCV
and said to them, “Tell the people that Jesus’ followers came during the night and stole the body while you were asleep.
NET
telling them, “You are to say, ‘His disciples came at night and stole his body while we were asleep.’
NIRV
They told the soldiers, “We want you to say, ‘His disciples came during the night. They stole his body while we were sleeping.’
NIV
telling them, “You are to say, ‘His disciples came during the night and stole him away while we were asleep.’
NIVUK
telling them, ‘You are to say, “His disciples came during the night and stole him away while we were asleep.”
NKJV
saying, “Tell them, ‘His disciples came at night and stole Him away while we slept.’
NLV
They said, “Tell the people, ‘His followers came at night and took His body while we were sleeping.’
NLT
They told the soldiers, “You must say, ‘Jesus’ disciples came during the night while we were sleeping, and they stole his body.’
NMB
saying, Say that his disciples came by night and stole him away while you slept.
NRSVA
telling them, ‘You must say, “His disciples came by night and stole him away while we were asleep.”
NRSVACE
telling them, ‘You must say, “His disciples came by night and stole him away while we were asleep.”
NRSVCE
telling them, “You must say, ‘His disciples came by night and stole him away while we were asleep.’
NRSVUE
telling them, “You must say, ‘His disciples came by night and stole him away while we were asleep.’
NTFE
“This,” they told them, “is what you are to say: ‘His disciples came in the night, while we were asleep, and stole him away.’
OJB
And said, You are to say, His talmidim came by night and stole him away while we were asleep.
RGT
saying, “Say, ‘His disciples came by night and stole Him away while we slept.’
RSV
and said, “Tell people, ‘His disciples came by night and stole him away while we were asleep.’
RSVCE
and said, “Tell people, ‘His disciples came by night and stole him away while we were asleep.’
TLV
saying, “Tell them, ‘His disciples came at night and stole Him away while we were sleeping.’
VOICE
and order them to say that the disciples had come in the middle of the night and had stolen Jesus’ corpse while they slept.
WEB
saying, “Say that his disciples came by night and stole him away while we slept.
WE
They said, `Tell the people, "His disciples came by night and took away the body while we were sleeping."
WYC
and said, Say ye, that his disciples came by night, and have stolen him, while ye slept. [saying, Say ye, for his disciples came by night, and have stolen him, us sleeping.]
YLT
saying, `Say ye, that his disciples having come by night, stole him -- we being asleep;
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