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Luke 22:31 CEV
(31) Jesus said, "Simon, listen to me! Satan has demanded the right to test each one of you, as a farmer does when he separates wheat from the husks.

Luke 22:31 ALT
(31) Then the Lord said, "Simon, Simon, listen! Satan himself asked for you to sift [you] like wheat.

Luke 22:31 GW
(31) Then the Lord said, "Simon, Simon, listen! Satan has demanded to have you apostles for himself. He wants to separate you from me as a farmer separates wheat from husks.

Luke 22:31 NWT
"Simon, Simon, look! Satan has demanded to have you men to sift you as wheat.

Luke 22:31 BBE
(31) Simon, Simon, Satan has made a request to have you, so that he may put you to the test as grain is tested:

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You will note the reference windows often include more than one translation of the Bible. The reason is to strive to gain the best possible understanding of the original Hebrew and Greek. Since we don't speak those languages, we rely on those who have come before and made the effort to translate those texts into English for us. Considering several translations gives the benefit of the understanding of several translation committees or individuals.
The Translations we quote are:

ALT - Analytical Literal Translation

ASV - American Standard Version (by the American revision committee in 1897).

BBE - 1965 Bible in Basic English

Bishops - 1568 Bishop's Bible

CEV - Contemporary English Version

Coverdale - 1535 Miles Coverdale Bible

Darby - 1889 Darby Bible

DRB - 1899 Douay-Rheims Bible

ESV - English Standard Version

GNB - Good News Bible

GW - God's Word Bible

ISV - International Standard Version

KJV - King James Version

LitNT - Literal New Testament

LITV - Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

MKJV - Modern King James Version

Murdock - 1851 James Murdock New Testament

NWT - New World Translation

RV - Revised Version

Webster - 1833 Webster Bible

WTNT - 1525-26 William Tyndale New Testament Wycliffe - 1394 Wycliffe Bible YLT - Young's Literal Translation