I also cut off three shepherds in one month. And My soul loathed them, and their soul also abhorred Me.

And the chief priests accused Him of many things, but He answered nothing.

But Jesus still answered nothing, so that Pilate marveled.

They answered and said to him, If He were not an evildoer, we would not have delivered Him up to you.

But they were the more insistant, saying, He stirs up the people, teaching throughout all Judea, beginning from Galilee to this place.

And it happened, when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said to him, Is that you, O troubler of Israel?

Therefore the rulers said to the king, Please let this man be put to death. For in this way he weakens the hands of the men of war who remain in this city, and the hands of all the people, by speaking such words to them. For this man does not seek the welfare of this people, but their harm.

Then Amaziah, the priest of Bethel, sent to Jeroboam, the king of Israel, saying, Amos has conspired against you in the midst of the house of Israel. The land is not able to endure all his words.

And they brought them to the magistrates, and said, These men, being Jews, exceedingly trouble our city;

and they proclaim customs which are not lawful for us to receive or observe, being Romans.

But when they did not find them, they dragged Jason and some brethren to the rulers of the city, crying out, These who have turned the world upside down have come here, too;

whom Jason has received, and these are all acting contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying there is another king, Jesus.

For we have found this man pestilent, a mover of insurrection among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes.

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.

Is it lawful for us to give tribute to Caesar or not?

Show Me a denarius. Whose image and inscription does it have? They answered and said, Caesar's.

and seat two men, sons of worthlessness, before him to bear witness against him, saying, You have blasphemed God and the king. Then take him out, and stone him, that he may die.

They proclaimed a fast, and seated Naboth at the head of the people.

Violent witnesses rose up; they asked of me things which I have not known.

Surely they have plotted to cast him down from his high position; they delight in lies; they bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah.

who sharpen their tongue like a sword. They have bent their bows to shoot their arrows; even bitter words,

They encourage themselves in an evil plan; they talk of laying snares secretly; they say, Who shall see them?

For I have heard the whisperings of many, terror is all around. Proclaim, they say, and we will report it. Everyone at peace with me is watching for me to stumble and fall, saying, Perhaps he will be lured away, and we shall prevail against him, and shall take our revenge on him.

And when he was in the gate of Benjamin, a commander of the guard named Irijah was there, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah. And he seized Jeremiah the prophet, saying, You are defecting to the Chaldeans.

And the rulers were angry with Jeremiah, and struck him, and put him in prison, the house of Jonathan the scribe. For they had made that the prison.

Nevertheless, that we not offend them, go to the sea, cast in a hook, and take the fish that comes up first. And when you have opened its mouth, you will find a piece of money; take that and give it to them for Me and you.

They said to Him, Caesar's. And He said to them, Render therefore to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's.

Now the chief priests, the elders, and all the council sought false testimony against Jesus to put Him to death,

but found none. Even though many false witnesses came forward, they found none. But at last two false witnesses came forward

And Jesus answered and said to them, Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's. And they marveled at Him.

And the chief priests and all the council sought testimony against Jesus to put Him to death, but found none.

For many bore false witness against Him, but their testimonies were not the same.

Nor can they prove the things of which they now accuse me.

having a good conscience, that when they speak against you as evildoers, those who falsely accuse your good conduct in Christ may be ashamed.

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,

Hereafter the Son of Man will sit on the right hand of the power of God.

Then they all said, Are You then the Son of God? And He said to them, You affirm that I AM.

But He kept silent and answered nothing. Again the high priest questioned Him, saying to Him, Are You the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?

Jesus said, I AM. And you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Power, and coming with the clouds of Heaven.

Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world. If My kingdom were of this world, My servants would fight, so that I should not be delivered to the Jews; but now My kingdom is not from here.

From then on Pilate sought to release Him, but the Jews cried out, saying, If you let this Man go, you are not Caesar's friend. Everyone making himself a king speaks against Caesar.