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Witnessing to All Nations

Luke 21:14

In 9 translations

BSB
So make up your mind not to worry beforehand how to defend yourselves.
KJV
Settle it therefore in your hearts, not to meditate before what ye shall answer:
WEB
Settle it therefore in your hearts not to meditate beforehand how to answer,
ASV
Settle it therefore in your hearts, not to meditate beforehand how to answer:
LSV
Settle, then, to your hearts, not to meditate beforehand to reply,
YLT
'Settle, then, to your hearts, not to meditate beforehand to reply,
DBY
Settle therefore in your hearts not to meditate beforehand [your] defence,
DRC
Lay it up therefore into your hearts, not to meditate before how you shall answer:
GNV
Lay it vp therefore in your heartes, that ye cast not before hand, what ye shall answere.

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Where the editions differ

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  • NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read θέτε (“do implant”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read Θέσθε (“do implant yourselves”).
  • NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read ἐν (“in”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read εἰς (“into”).
  • NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read ταῖς (“the”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read τὰς (“the”).
  • NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read καρδίαις (“hearts”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read καρδίας (“hearts”).
SBLGNT apparatus (2)

A comparison of published Greek editions. “Add” means after the SBLGNT wording; “omit” refers to that wording.

  • SBLGNT: θέτε. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read θέτε; Robinson–Pierpont read Θέσθε.
  • SBLGNT: ἐν ταῖς καρδίαις. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read ἐν ταῖς καρδίαις; Robinson–Pierpont read εἰς τὰς καρδίας.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
θέτε οὖν ἐν ταῖς καρδίαις ὑμῶν μὴ προμελετᾶν ἀπολογηθῆναι,
RP2018
Θέσθε οὖν εἰς τὰς καρδίας ὑμῶν μὴ προμελετᾷν ἀπολογηθῆναι·
TR-Boyd
Θέσθε οὖν εἰς τὰς καρδίας ὑμῶν μὴ προμελετᾷν ἀπολογηθῆναι·
SCR1894
θεσθε ουν εις τας καρδιας υμων μη προμελεταν απολογηθηναι

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Luke 12:11–12When you are brought before synagogues, rulers, and authorities, do not worry about how to defend yourselves or what to say. For at that time the Holy Spirit will teach you what you should say.”
  • Mark 13:11But when they arrest you and hand you over, do not worry beforehand what to say. Instead, speak whatever you are given at that time, for it will not be you speaking, but the Holy Spirit.
  • Matthew 10:19–20But when they hand you over, do not worry about how to respond or what to say. In that hour you will be given what to say. For it will not be you speaking, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.

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