Devine Scripture

Luke 22:31

Luke chapter 22 · verse 31 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Simon, Simon, behold, Satan asked to have you, that he might sift you as wheat:

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat:

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Simon, Simon, behold, Satan asked to have you, that he might sift you as wheat:

Context

v.30that ye may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom; and ye shall sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

v.31This passage

v.32but I made supplication for thee, that thy faith fail not; and do thou, when once thou hast turned again, establish thy brethren.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Job 1:6

    Now it came to pass on the day when the sons of God came to present themselves before Jehovah, that Satan also came among them.

  • Zechariah 3:1

    And he showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of Jehovah, and Satan standing at his right hand to be his adversary.

  • 1 Peter 5:8

    Be sober, be watchful: your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

  • Acts 9:4

    and he fell upon the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?

  • Amos 9:9

    For, lo, I will command, and I will sift the house of Israel among all the nations, like as grain is sifted in a sieve, yet shall not the least kernel fall upon the earth.

  • Revelation 12:10

    And I heard a great voice in heaven, saying, Now is come the salvation, and the power, and the kingdom of our God, and the authority of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, who accuseth them before our God day and night.