For all the men who see My glory, and the signs which I have done in Egypt, and in the wilderness, and have tempted Me this tenth time, and have not hearkened to My voice,

The Pharisees also came to Him, testing Him, and saying to Him, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for just any reason?"

And behold, a certain lawyer stood up and tested Him, saying, "Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?"

And as He said these things to them, the scribes and the Pharisees began to be dreadfully hostile, and to cross-examine Him about many things,

lying in wait for Him, and seeking to catch Him in something He might say, so that they might accuse Him.

And having watched [Him] closely, they sent spies who pretended to be righteous, that they might seize on His words, in order to deliver Him to the rule and the authority of the governor.

Is it lawful for us to pay taxes to Caesar or not?"

nor let us tempt Christ, just as also some of them tempted [Him], and were destroyed by the serpents;

And early in the morning, He came again into the temple, and all the people came to Him; and having sat down, He began to teach them.

Judah is a lion's whelp: from the tender plant, my son, you have gone up. Having couched, you lie down like a lion, and as a whelp; who shall stir him up?

O Lord, the hope of Israel, let all that have left You be ashamed, let them that have revolted be written on the earth, because they have forsaken the fountain of life, the Lord.

In the same hour came forth fingers of a man's hand, and wrote in front of the lamp on the plaster of the wall of the king's house: and the king saw the knuckles of the hand that wrote.

While they pressed hard upon me that sought my soul; and they that sought my hurt spoke vanities, and devised deceits all the day.

And I was as a man that hears not, and who has no reproofs in his mouth.

For the end, A Song of David, to Jeduthun. I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue; I set a guard on my mouth, while the sinner stood in my presence.

As he that lays hold of a dog's tail, so is he that makes himself the champion of another's cause.

a time to tear, and a time to sew; a time to be silent, and a time to speak;

They hated him that reproved in the gates, and abhorred holy speech.

Therefore the prudent shall be silent at that time; for it is a time of evils.

"Behold, I am sending you forth like sheep in the midst of wolves. Therefore be as wise as serpents and innocent as doves.

But He answered her not a word. And His disciples approached and urged Him, saying, "Send her away, for she cries out after us."

But Jesus kept silent. And the high priest answered and said to Him, "I adjure You by the living God: Tell us if You are the Christ, the Son of God!"