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Matthew 7:29
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KJ21
for He taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes.
ASV
for he taught them as one having authority, and not as their scribes.
AMP
for He was teaching them as one who had authority [to teach entirely of His own volition], and not as their scribes [who relied on others to confirm their authority].
AMPC
For He was teaching as One Who had [and was] authority, and not as [did] the scribes.
BRG
For he taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes.
CSB
because he was teaching them like one who had authority, and not like their scribes.
CSBA
because he was teaching them like one who had authority, and not like their scribes.
CEB
because he was teaching them like someone with authority and not like their legal experts.
CJB
for he was not instructing them like their Torah-teachers but as one who had authority himself.
CEV
He taught them like someone with authority, and not like their teachers of the Law of Moses.
DARBY
for he taught them as having authority, and not as their scribes.
DLNT
For He was teaching them as One having authority, and not as their scribes.
DRA
For he was teaching them as one having power, and not as the scribes and Pharisees.
ERV
He did not teach like their teachers of the law. He taught like someone who has authority.
EASY
When Jesus taught them, he showed that he had authority. That was not like the way that the teachers of God's Law taught people.
EHV
because he taught them as one who had authority, and not like their experts in the law.
ESV
for he was teaching them as one who had authority, and not as their scribes.
ESVUK
for he was teaching them as one who had authority, and not as their scribes.
EXB
because he did not teach like their ·teachers of the law [scribes]. He taught like a person who had authority.
GNV
For he taught them as one having authority, and not as the Scribes.
GW
Unlike their experts in Moses’ Teachings, he taught them with authority.
GNT
He wasn't like the teachers of the Law; instead, he taught with authority.
HCSB
because He was teaching them like one who had authority, and not like their scribes.
ICB
Jesus did not teach like their teachers of the law. He taught like a person who had authority.
ISV
because he was teaching them like a person who had authority, and not like their scribes.
PHILLIPS
When Jesus had finished these words the crowd were astonished at the power behind his teaching. For his words had the ring of authority, quite unlike those of the scribes.
JUB
for he taught them as one having authority and not as the scribes.
KJV
For he taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes.
AKJV
for he taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes.
LSB
for He was teaching them as one having authority, and not as their scribes.
LEB
because he was teaching them like one who had authority, and not like their scribes.
TLB
for he taught as one who had great authority, and not as their Jewish leaders.
MSG
When Jesus concluded his address, the crowd burst into applause. They had never heard teaching like this. It was apparent that he was living everything he was saying—quite a contrast to their religion teachers! This was the best teaching they had ever heard.
MEV
for He taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes.
MOUNCE
for he was teaching them as one who had authority, and not as · their scribes.
NOG
Unlike their experts in Moses’ Teachings, he taught them with authority.
NABRE
for he taught them as one having authority, and not as their scribes.
NASB
for He was teaching them as one who had authority, and not as their scribes.
NASB1995
for He was teaching them as one having authority, and not as their scribes.
NCB
because he taught them as one who had authority, and not as their scribes.
NCV
because he did not teach like their teachers of the law. He taught like a person who had authority.
NET
because he taught them like one who had authority, not like their experts in the law.
NIRV
That’s because he taught like one who had authority. He did not speak like their teachers of the law.
NIV
because he taught as one who had authority, and not as their teachers of the law.
NIVUK
because he taught as one who had authority, and not as their teachers of the law.
NKJV
for He taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes.
NLV
He was teaching them as One Who has the right and the power to teach. He did not teach as the teachers of the Law.
NLT
for he taught with real authority—quite unlike their teachers of religious law.
NMB
For he taught them as one having power, and not as the scribes.
NRSVA
for he taught them as one having authority, and not as their scribes.
NRSVACE
for he taught them as one having authority, and not as their scribes.
NRSVCE
for he taught them as one having authority, and not as their scribes.
NRSVUE
for he taught them as one having authority and not as their scribes.
NTFE
He was teaching them, you see, on his own authority, quite unlike their scribes.
OJB
For his ministry of moreh (teacher) was as one having samchut (authority) and not as their Sofrim (scribes, torah teachers, rabbonim).
RGT
For He taught them as One having authority, and not as the scribes.
RSV
for he taught them as one who had authority, and not as their scribes.
RSVCE
for he taught them as one who had authority, and not as their scribes.
TLV
for He was teaching them as one having authority and not as their Torah scholars.
VOICE
But Jesus taught in His own name, on His own authority, not like the scribes.
WEB
for he taught them with authority, and not like the scribes.
WE
He taught them as if he had the right to teach them. He did not teach like their scribes.
WYC
for he taught them, as he that had power [as a man having power], and not as the scribes and the Pharisees.
YLT
for he was teaching them as having authority, and not as the scribes.
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