Now when the chief priests and Pharisees heard His parables, they understood that He was speaking of them.

But when they sought to lay hands on Him, they feared the multitudes, because they held Him as a prophet.

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

The kings of the earth take their stand, and the rulers take counsel together, against Jehovah and against His anointed, saying,

They stir up strife; they hide themselves; they watch my steps as they lie in wait for my soul.

so that they may shoot at the perfect one from a hiding place; suddenly they shoot at him and do not fear.

They devise injustice; they have finished searching out a plot. Yea, the inward part of man and the heart are unfathomable.

Shall the throne of iniquity, which fashions trouble by decree, have fellowship with You?

They gather together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood.

But I was like a docile lamb being led to the slaughter. And I did not know that they had devised schemes against me, saying, Let us destroy the tree with its fruit, and let us cut him off from the land of the living, so that his name may be remembered no more.

Then they said, Come and let us devise schemes against Jeremiah. For the Law shall not perish from the priest, nor wisdom from the wise, nor the Word from the prophet. Come and let us strike him with the tongue, and let us not pay attention to any of his words.

Should evil be repaid for good? For they have dug a pit for my life. Remember that I stood before You to speak good for them, to turn away Your wrath from them.

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,

Now this he did not say from himself; but being high priest that year he prophesied that Jesus was about to die for the nation,

Then, from that day on, they took counsel to kill Him.

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

But Peter followed Him at a distance to the high priest's courtyard. And he went in and sat with the servants to see the end.

But if you will not listen to me to consecrate the Sabbath day, to not carry a burden when entering at the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day; then I will kindle a fire in its gates, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem, and it shall not be quenched.

And Peter followed Him at a distance, right into the courtyard of the high priest. And he sat with the servants and warmed himself at the fire.

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

And they led Him away to Annas first, for he was the father-in-law of Caiaphas who was high priest that year.

Now it was Caiaphas who gave counsel to the Jews that it was expedient that one man should die for the people.

Then Annas sent Him bound to Caiaphas the high priest.

And it came to pass, on the next day, that their rulers, elders, and scribes,

as well as Annas the high priest, Caiaphas, John, and Alexander, and as many as were of the family of the high priest, were gathered together at Jerusalem.