URV
20. اور وہ اُس کی تاک میں لگے اور جاسُوس بھیجے کہ راستباز بن کر اُس کی کوئی بات پکڑیں تاکہ اُس کو حاکِم کے قبضہ اور اِختیّار میں دے دیں۔

IRVUR
20. चुनाँचे वह उसे पकड़ने का मौक़ा ढूँडते रहे। इस मक़्सद के तहत उन्होंने उस के पास जासूस भेज दिए। यह लोग अपने आप को ईमानदार ज़ाहिर करके ईसा के पास आए ताकि उस की कोई बात पकड़ कर उसे रोमी हाकिम के हवाले कर सकें।



KJV
20. And they watched [him,] and sent forth spies, which should feign themselves just men, that they might take hold of his words, that so they might deliver him unto the power and authority of the governor.

AMP
20. So they watched [for an opportunity to ensnare] Him, and sent spies who pretended to be upright (honest and sincere), that they might lay hold of something He might say, so as to turn Him over to the control and authority of the governor.

KJVP
20. And G2532 CONJ they watched G3906 V-AAP-NPM [ him , ] and sent forth G649 V-AAI-3P spies G1455 A-APM , which should feign G5271 V-PNP-APM themselves G1438 F-3APM just men G1342 A-APM , that G2443 CONJ they might take hold G1949 V-2ADS-3P of his G846 P-GSM words G3056 N-GSM , that so they might deliver G3860 V-2AAN him G846 P-ASM unto the G3588 T-DSF power G746 N-DSF and G2532 CONJ authority G1849 N-DSF of G3588 T-GSM the G3588 T-GSM governor G2232 N-GSM .

YLT
20. And, having watched [him], they sent forth liers in wait, feigning themselves to be righteous, that they might take hold of his word, to deliver him up to the rule and to the authority of the governor,

ASV
20. And they watched him, and sent forth spies, who feigned themselves to be righteous, that they might take hold of his speech, so as to deliver him up to the rule and to the authority of the governor.

WEB
20. They watched him, and sent out spies, who pretended to be righteous, that they might trap him in something he said, so as to deliver him up to the power and authority of the governor.

NASB
20. They watched him closely and sent agents pretending to be righteous who were to trap him in speech, in order to hand him over to the authority and power of the governor.

ESV
20. So they watched him and sent spies, who pretended to be sincere, that they might catch him in something he said, so as to deliver him up to the authority and jurisdiction of the governor.

RV
20. And they watched him, and sent forth spies, which feigned themselves to be righteous, that they might take hold of his speech, so as to deliver him up to the rule and to the authority of the governor.

RSV
20. So they watched him, and sent spies, who pretended to be sincere, that they might take hold of what he said, so as to deliver him up to the authority and jurisdiction of the governor.

NKJV
20. So they watched [Him,] and sent spies who pretended to be righteous, that they might seize on His words, in order to deliver Him to the power and the authority of the governor.

MKJV
20. And they watched and sent forth spies, pretending themselves to be righteous men, so that they might seize upon a word of His, that they might deliver Him in this way to the power and authority of the governor.

AKJV
20. And they watched him, and sent forth spies, which should feign themselves just men, that they might take hold of his words, that so they might deliver him to the power and authority of the governor.

NRSV
20. So they watched him and sent spies who pretended to be honest, in order to trap him by what he said, so as to hand him over to the jurisdiction and authority of the governor.

NIV
20. Keeping a close watch on him, they sent spies, who pretended to be honest. They hoped to catch Jesus in something he said so that they might hand him over to the power and authority of the governor.

NIRV
20. The religious leaders sent spies to keep a close watch on Jesus. The spies pretended to be honest. They hoped they could trap Jesus with something he would say. Then they could hand him over to the power and authority of the governor.

NLT
20. Watching for their opportunity, the leaders sent spies pretending to be honest men. They tried to get Jesus to say something that could be reported to the Roman governor so he would arrest Jesus.

MSG
20. Watching for a chance to get him, they sent spies who posed as honest inquirers, hoping to trick him into saying something that would get him in trouble with the law.

GNB
20. So they looked for an opportunity. They bribed some men to pretend they were sincere, and they sent them to trap Jesus with questions, so that they could hand him over to the authority and power of the Roman Governor.

NET
20. Then they watched him carefully and sent spies who pretended to be sincere. They wanted to take advantage of what he might say so that they could deliver him up to the authority and jurisdiction of the governor.

ERVEN
20. So the Jewish leaders waited for the right time to get Jesus. They sent some men to him, who pretended to be sincere. They wanted to find something wrong with what Jesus said. (If they found something wrong, then they could hand him over to the governor, who had the authority to arrest him.)