Then some Midianite traders passed by; and the brothers pulled Joseph up and lifted him out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of silver. And they brought Joseph into Egypt.

He who steals a man and sells him, or if he is found in his hand, shall be executed to death.

If a man is found kidnapping any of his brethren of the children of Israel, and has treated him as a slave or sold him, then that kidnapper shall die; thus you shall put away the evil from among you.

for prostitutes, for sodomites, for kidnappers, for liars, for perjurers, and if there is any other thing that is contrary to sound doctrine,

And one who had escaped came and told Abram the Hebrew, for he dwelt by the plain of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol and brother of Aner; and they were allies with Abram.

And there was a Hebrew lad with us there, a servant of the captain of the guard. And we told him, and he interpreted our dreams for us; to each man he interpreted according to his dream.

But he refused and said to his master's wife, Behold, my master does not know what is with me in the house, and he has entrusted all that he has into my hand.

And it came to pass, as she spoke to Joseph day after day, that he did not give heed to her, to lie with her or to be with her.

that she caught him by his garment, saying, Lie with me. But he left his garment in her hand, and fled and went outside.

Moreover, my father, look! Indeed, see the skirt of your robe in my hand! For in that I cut off the skirt of your robe, and did not kill you, recognize and consider that there is neither evil nor transgression in my hand, and I have not sinned against you. And yet you are hunting my soul to take it.

For, lo, they lie in wait for my soul; the mighty are gathered against me; not for my transgression nor for my sin, O Jehovah.

They run and prepare themselves though there is no fault in me. Awake to meet me, and pay attention!

My God has sent His Angel, and He has shut the mouths of the lions. And they have not harmed me, because in His sight innocence was found in me. And also before you, O king, I have done no harm.

Jesus answered them, Many good works I have shown you from My Father. For which of those works do you stone Me?

Moreover, that the Word might be fulfilled which is written in their law, They hated Me without a cause.

And they neither found me in the temple disputing with anyone nor inciting the crowd, neither in the synagogues nor throughout the city.

But this I confess to you, that according to the Way which they call a sect, so I serve the God of my fathers, believing all things which are written in the Law and in the Prophets.

This being so, I myself always strive to have a conscience that is blameless toward God and men.

in the midst of which some Jews from Asia found me purified in the temple, neither with a crowd nor with tumult.

Or else let these themselves say if they found any wrongdoing in me while I stood before the council,

Then Paul said, I stand at Caesar's judgment seat, where I ought to be judged. To the Jews I have done no wrong, as you very well know.

For if I have done wrong, or have committed anything deserving of death, I do not refuse to die; but if there is nothing in these things of which these men accuse me, no one can deliver me to them. I appeal to Caesar.

For it is better, if it is the will of God, to suffer for doing good than for doing evil.

For Christ also suffered for sins once for all, the just for the unjust, that He might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive by the Spirit,