Berean Study Bible
And they asked Jesus, “Why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?”

King James Bible
And they asked him, saying, Why say the scribes that Elias must first come?

American Standard Version
And they asked him, saying, How is it that the scribes say that Elijah must first come?

Darby Bible Translation
And they asked him saying, Why do the scribes say that Elias must first have come?

Douay-Rheims Bible
And they asked him, saying: Why then do the Pharisees and scribes say that Elias must come first?

English Revised Version
And they asked him, saying, The scribes say that Elijah must first come.

Young's Literal Translation
And they were questioning him, saying, that the scribes say that Elijah it behoveth to come first.