KJV - And they asked him, saying, Why say the scribes that Elias must first come?

ASV - And they asked him, saying, `How is it' that the scribes say that Elijah must first come?

BBE - And they put a question to him, saying, Why do the scribes say that Elijah has to come first?

WEB - They asked him, saying, "Why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?"

YLT - And they were questioning him, saying, that the scribes say that Elijah it behoveth to come first.

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