Why do the nations rage, and the peoples devise a vain thing?

Let us break and tear away their bonds, and cast away their cords from us.

When Herod the king heard this, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.

And when he had gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people together, he inquired of them where the Christ was to be born.

Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked by the wise men, was greatly enraged; and he sent forth and put to death all the male children who were in Bethlehem and in all its districts, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently inquired from the wise men.

Then the Pharisees went and plotted how they might entangle Him in His words.

The same day the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to Him and questioned Him,

But when the Pharisees heard that He had silenced the Sadducees, they were gathered together.

Then one of them, a lawyer, asked Him a question, testing Him, and saying,

Then the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders of the people assembled at the palace of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas,

and plotted to take Jesus by trickery and kill Him.

When morning came, all the chief priests and elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put Him to death.

Then the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered a council and said, What shall we do? For this Man performs many signs.

And one of them, Caiaphas, being high priest that year, said to them, You know nothing at all,

saying, What shall we do to these men? For indeed, that a notable sign has been done through them is evident to all who dwell in Jerusalem, and we are not able to deny it.

But so that it spreads no further among the people, let us threaten them with a threat, that from now on they speak to no one in this name.

who by the mouth of Your servant David have said: Why did the nations rage, and the people devise vain things?

For truly against Your holy Son Jesus, whom You anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, were gathered together

You love evil more than good, and lying more than to speak righteousness. Selah.

I have hated and abhor lying, but I love Your Law.

Haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,

The righteous hates lying, but the wicked one is odious and acts shamefully.

They make the king glad with their evil, and the rulers with their lies.

You are of the devil as your father, and the lusts of your father you purpose to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own, for he is a liar and the father of it.

who, knowing the righteous judgment of God, that those who practice such things are deserving of death, not only do them, but also approve of those who practice them.

But outside are dogs and sorcerers and prostitutes and murderers and idolaters, and whoever loves and produces a lie.

Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, who speak peace to their neighbors, yet evil is in their hearts.

His flattery has been with forked tongue, and war was in his heart; his words were softer than oil, yet they were drawn swords.

So they watched Him, and sent spies who pretended to be righteous, that they might seize on one of His words, in order to deliver Him to the power and the authority of the governor.

For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is destruction; their throat is an open grave; they flatter with their tongue.

Behold, You desire truth in the inward parts; and in the hidden part You shall make me to know wisdom.

And the Lord said to him, Now you Pharisees make the outside of the cup and dish clean, but your inward part is full of robbery and wickedness.

For I delight in the Law of God according to the inward man.