Worthless, wicked people go around telling lies.

all the while planning evil in their perverted minds, stirring up trouble everywhere.

Someone who holds back the truth causes trouble, but one who openly criticizes works for peace.

Then he said to me, "Make the minds of these people dull, their ears deaf, and their eyes blind, so that they cannot see or hear or understand. If they did, they might turn to me and be healed."

because their minds are dull, and they have stopped up their ears and have closed their eyes. Otherwise, their eyes would see, their ears would hear, their minds would understand, and they would turn to me, says God, and I would heal them.'

Those who do evil things hate the light and will not come to the light, because they do not want their evil deeds to be shown up.

Evil people look for ways to harm others; even their words burn with evil.

They are all experts at doing evil. Officials and judges ask for bribes. The influential people tell them what they want, and so they scheme together.

that he promised her, "I swear that I will give you anything you ask for!"

At her mother's suggestion she asked him, "Give me here and now the head of John the Baptist on a plate!"

But Pilate asked, "What crime has he committed?" Then they started shouting at the top of their voices: "Crucify him!"

The whole crowd answered, "Let the responsibility for his death fall on us and on our children!"