"because all these men who have seen My glory and the signs which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and have put Me to the test now these ten times, and have not heeded 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 assail [Him] vehemently, and to cross-examine Him about many things,

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

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

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

nor let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed by serpents;

Now early in the morning He came again into the temple, and all the people came to Him; and He sat down and taught them.

Judah [is] a lion's whelp; From the prey, my son, you have gone up. He bows down, he lies down as a lion; And as a lion, who shall rouse him?

O LORD, the hope of Israel, All who forsake You shall be ashamed. "Those who depart from Me Shall be written in the earth, Because they have forsaken the LORD, The fountain of living waters."

In the same hour the fingers of a man's hand appeared and wrote opposite the lampstand on the plaster of the wall of the king's palace; and the king saw the part of the hand that wrote.

Those also who seek my life lay snares [for me;] Those who seek my hurt speak of destruction, And plan deception all the day long.

Thus I am like a man who does not hear, And in whose mouth [is] no response.

To the Chief Musician. To Jeduthun. A Psalm of David. I said, "I will guard my ways, Lest I sin with my tongue; I will restrain my mouth with a muzzle, While the wicked are before me."

He who passes by [and] meddles in a quarrel not his own [Is like] one who takes a dog by the ears.

A time to tear, And a time to sew; A time to keep silence, And a time to speak;

They hate the one who rebukes in the gate, And they abhor the one who speaks uprightly.

Therefore the prudent keep silent at that time, For it [is] an evil time.

" Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves. Therefore be wise as serpents and harmless as doves.

But He answered her not a word. And His disciples came 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 put You under oath by the living God: Tell us if You are the Christ, the Son of God!"