none of these people will live to enter that land. They have seen the dazzling light of my presence and the miracles that I performed in Egypt and in the wilderness, but they have tried my patience over and over again and have refused to obey me.

Some Pharisees came to him and tried to trap him by asking, "Does our Law allow a man to divorce his wife for whatever reason he wishes?"

A teacher of the Law came up and tried to trap Jesus. "Teacher," he asked, "what must I do to receive eternal life?"

When Jesus left that place, the teachers of the Law and the Pharisees began to criticize him bitterly and ask him questions about many things,

trying to lay traps for him and catch him saying something wrong.

So they looked for an opportunity. They bribed some men to pretend they were sincere, and they sent them to trap Jesus with questions, so that they could hand him over to the authority and power of the Roman Governor.

Tell us, is it against our Law for us to pay taxes to the Roman Emperor, or not?"

We must not put the Lord to the test, as some of them did---and they were killed by snakes.

Early the next morning he went back to the Temple. All the people gathered around him, and he sat down and began to teach them.

Judah is like a lion, Killing his victim and returning to his den, Stretching out and lying down. No one dares disturb him.

LORD, you are Israel's hope; all who abandon you will be put to shame. They will disappear like names written in the dust, because they have abandoned you, the LORD, the spring of fresh water.

Suddenly a human hand appeared and began writing on the plaster wall of the palace, where the light from the lamps was shining most brightly. And the king saw the hand as it was writing.

Those who want to kill me lay traps for me, and those who want to hurt me threaten to ruin me; they never stop plotting against me.

I am like those who do not answer, because they cannot hear.

I said, "I will be careful about what I do and will not let my tongue make me sin; I will not say anything while evil people are near."

Getting involved in an argument that is none of your business is like going down the street and grabbing a dog by the ears.

the time for tearing and the time for mending, the time for silence and the time for talk.

You people hate anyone who challenges injustice and speaks the whole truth in court.

And so, keeping quiet in such evil times is the smart thing to do!

"Listen! I am sending you out just like sheep to a pack of wolves. You must be as cautious as snakes and as gentle as doves.

But Jesus did not say a word to her. His disciples came to him and begged him, "Send her away! She is following us and making all this noise!"

But Jesus kept quiet. Again the High Priest spoke to him, "In the name of the living God I now put you under oath: tell us if you are the Messiah, the Son of God."