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Luke 20:5

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KJV ORIGINAL

And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say, Why then believed ye him not?

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✦ MADE SIMPLE

So they started talking among themselves like, 'If we say it was from God, he's gonna be like, then why didn't you believe John in the first place?'

⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE

They knew they were caught between their politics and the truth.

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