And in the daytime He was teaching in the temple, but at night He went out and stayed on the mountain called Olivet.

Then early in the morning all the people came to Him in the temple to hear Him.

Now as He came into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people confronted Him as He was teaching, and said, "By what authority are You doing these things? And who gave You this authority?"

Then they came again to Jerusalem. And as He was walking about in the temple, the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders came to Him.

But Jesus answered and said to them, "I also will ask you one thing, and you answer Me, and I will tell you by what authority I do these things:

And they were debating with themselves, saying, "If we say, 'From heaven,' He will say, 'Why then did you not believe him?'

And answering they said to Jesus, "We do not know." And Jesus answered and said to them, "Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things."

Jesus answered him, "I spoke openly to the world. I always taught in synagogues and in the temple, where the Jews always come together, and in secret I spoke nothing.

Then the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders of the people were assembled into the court of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas,

and plotted to take Jesus by guile and kill Him.

And the scribes and chief priests heard it and they sought how they might destroy Him; for they were afraid of Him, because all the people were astonished at His teaching.

And they sought to lay hold of Him, but they feared the crowd, for they knew that He has spoken the parable against them. And leaving Him, they went away.

Now after two days it was the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread. And the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how they might get hold of Him by guile, and [how] they might kill [Him].

Has not Moses given you the law, yet none of you keeps the law? Why are you seeking to kill Me?"

Now some of them wished to arrest Him, but no one laid a hand on Him.

"I know that you are Abraham's descendants, but you seek to kill Me, because My word finds no place in you.

They answered and said to Him, "Abraham is our father." Jesus said to them, "If you were Abraham's children, you would do the works of Abraham.

Therefore they were seeking again to seize Him, but He escaped from their hand.

Therefore from that day [on] they took counsel together, that they might kill Him.

And the Passover of the Jews was near, and many went from the country up to Jerusalem before the Passover, so that they might purify themselves.

Now both the chief priests and the Pharisees had given a command, that if anyone knew where He was, he should report [it], so that they might seize Him.