John 7:49
But this crowd that does not know the law is accursed.”
In context
46 The officers answered, “No one ever spoke like this man!”
47 The Pharisees answered them, “Have you also been deceived? 48 Have any of the authorities or the Pharisees believed in him? 49 But this crowd that does not know the law is accursed.”
50 Nicodemus, who had gone to him before, and who was one of them, said to them, 51 “Does our law judge a man without first giving him a hearing and learning what he does?”
52 They replied, “Are you from Galilee too? Search and see that no prophet arises from Galilee.” [The earliest manuscripts do not include 7:53–8:11.]
Compare in other versions
- KJV King James Version
— John 7:49 in the KJV
But this people who knoweth not the law are cursed.
- NIV New International Version
— John 7:49 in the NIV
No! But this mob that knows nothing of the law—there is a curse on them.”