Luke 22:67
Good News Translation
"Tell us," they said, "are you the Messiah?" He answered, "If I tell you, you will not believe me;

New Revised Standard Version
They said, “If you are the Messiah, tell us.” He replied, “If I tell you, you will not believe;

Contemporary English Version
They said, "Tell us! Are you the Messiah?" Jesus replied, "If I said so, you wouldn't believe me.

New American Bible
They said, “If you are the Messiah, tell us,” but he replied to them, “If I tell you, you will not believe,

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he saith to them: If I shall tell you, you will not believe me.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And he saith to them: If I shall tell you, you will not believe me.

Art.

Matthew 11:3-5 Art thou he that art to come, or look we for another? . . .

Matthew 26:63 But Jesus held his peace. And the high priest said to him: I adjure thee by the living God, that thou tell us if thou be the Christ the Son of God.

*etc:

Mark 14:61 But he held his peace and answered nothing. Again the high priest asked him and said to him: Art thou the Christ, the Son of the Blessed God?

*etc:

John 10:24 The Jews therefore came round about him and said to him: How long dost thou hold our souls in suspense? If thou be the Christ, tell us plainly.

If.

Luke 16:31 And he said to him: If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they believe, if one rise again from the dead.

John 5:39-47 Search the scriptures: for you think in them to have life everlasting. And the same are they that give testimony of me. . . .

John 8:43-45 Why do you not know my speech? Because you cannot hear my word. . . .

John 9:27,28 He answered them: I have told you already, and you have heard. Why would you hear it again? Will you also become his disciples? . . .

John 10:25,26 Jesus answered them: I speak to you, and you believe not: the works that I do in the name of my Father, they give testimony of me. . . .

John 12:37-43 And whereas he had done so many miracles before them, they believed not in him: . . .

Context
Jesus Faces the Council
66And as soon as it was day, the ancients of the people and the chief priests and scribes came together. And they brought him into their council saying: If thou be the Christ, tell us. 67And he saith to them: If I shall tell you, you will not believe me. 68And if I shall also ask you, you will not answer me, nor let me go.…
Cross References
Jeremiah 38:15
Then Jeremiah said to Sedecias: If I shall declare it to thee, wilt thou not put me to death? and if I give thee counsel, thou wilt not hearken to me.

Matthew 26:63
But Jesus held his peace. And the high priest said to him: I adjure thee by the living God, that thou tell us if thou be the Christ the Son of God.

Mark 14:61
But he held his peace and answered nothing. Again the high priest asked him and said to him: Art thou the Christ, the Son of the Blessed God?

Luke 22:68
And if I shall also ask you, you will not answer me, nor let me go.

John 10:24
The Jews therefore came round about him and said to him: How long dost thou hold our souls in suspense? If thou be the Christ, tell us plainly.

John 18:19
The high priest therefore asked Jesus of his disciples and of his doctrine.

Luke 22:66
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