Luke 20:2 — Compare All Translations

English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

and spake unto him, saying, `Tell us by what authority thou dost these things? or who is he that gave to thee this authority?`

English ASV

and they spake, saying unto him, Tell us: By what authority doest thou these things? or who is he that gave thee this authority?

English Amplified

And said to Him, Tell us by what [sort of] authority You are doing these things? Or who is it who gave You this authority?

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

And said to Him, Tell us by what [sort of] authority You are doing these things? Or who is it who gave You this authority?

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

“Tell us,” they said, “by what authority are You doing these things, and who gave You this authority?”

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

and said to him: “Tell us, by what authority are you doing these things? Who is it who gave you this authority?”

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

and spoke to him saying, Tell us by what authority thou doest these things, or who is it who has given thee this authority?

English EASY 2024

The Jewish leaders asked him, ‘Tell us what authority you have to do these things. Who gave you the authority to do them?’

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

They said, "Tell us what authority you have to do these things. Who gave you this authority?"

and said to him, "Tell us by what authority you do these things, or who it is that gave you this authority."

English GNT (Good News Translation)

and said to him, “Tell us, what right do you have to do these things? Who gave you such right?”

English God's Word - GW 1995

They asked him, "Tell us, what gives you the right to do these things? Who told you that you could do this?"

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

and said to Him: "Tell us, by what authority are You doing these things? Who is it who gave You this authority?"

English KJV 1611

And spake unto him, saying, Tell us, by what authority doest thou these things? or who is he that gave thee this authority?

English LSB

and they spoke, saying to Him, “Tell us by what authority You are doing these things, or who is the one who gave You this authority?”

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

and said to Him, “Tell us, by what authority are You doing these things? Who is he who gave You this authority?”

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

and they spoke, saying to Him, "Tell us by what authority You are doing these things, or who is the one who gave You this authority?"

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

and said to him, "Tell us, by what authority are you doing these things? Or who is the one who gave you this authority?"

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

and said to him, “Tell us: By what authority are you doing these things? Or who it is who gave you this authority?”

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

"Tell us by what authority you are doing these things," they all said. "Who gave you this authority?"

English NIV

"Tell us by what authority you are doing these things," they said. "Who gave you this authority?"

English NKJ 1982

and spoke to Him, saying, “Tell us, by what authority are You doing these things? Or who is he who gave You this authority?”

English NLT

They demanded, "By whose authority did you drive out the merchants from the Temple? Who gave you such authority?"

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

and said to him, "Tell us, by what authority are you doing these things? Who is it who gave you this authority?"

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

“We want to know right now by what authority are you teaching here in the temple? And who gave you the authority to teach these things?”

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

and said to him, “Tell us by what authority you do these things, or who it is that gave you this authority.”

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

They demanded to know by what authority he had driven out the merchants from the Temple.

English Tyndale 1537

And spake unto him, saying: Tell us by what authority thou doest these things? Other(Either) who is he that gave thee this authority?

Luke 20:2 — Compare Translations