14If this report gets to the governor, we will satisfy him and keep you out of trouble."


In Context

11 While the women were on their way, some of the guards went into the city and reported to the chief priests everything that had happened.

12 When the chief priests had met with the elders and devised a plan, they gave the soldiers a large sum of money,

13 telling them, "You are to say, 'His disciples came during the night and stole him away while we were asleep.'

14 If this report gets to the governor, we will satisfy him and keep you out of trouble."

15 So the soldiers took the money and did as they were instructed. And this story has been widely circulated among the Jews to this very day.

16 Then the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had told them to go.

Matthew 28:14 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

28:14And if this come to the governor’s ears, we will persuade him, and secure you.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

28:14And if this come to the governor's ears, we will persuade him, and secure you.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

28:14And if the governor shall hear this, we will persuade him, and secure you.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

28:14And if this come to the governor's ears, we will persuade him, and rid you of care.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

28:14And if this should come to the hearing of the governor, we will persuade him, and save you from all anxiety.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

28:14And if this come to the governor's ears, we will persuade him, and rid you of care.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

28:14And if this shall come to the governor's ears, we will persuade him, and secure you.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

28:14If this comes to the governor's ears, we will persuade him and make you free of worry.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

28:14and if this be heard by the governor, we will persuade him, and you keep free from anxiety.'