¹³ None of the rest dared join them, but ^(A)the people held them in high esteem.

²⁶ Then ^(A)the captain with the officers went and brought them, but not by force, for ^(B)they were afraid of being stoned by the people.

²⁶ But if we say, ‘From man,’ ^(A)we are afraid of the crowd, for they all hold that John was ^(B)a prophet.”

⁴⁶ And ^(A)although they were seeking to arrest him, ^(B)they feared the crowds, because they held him to be ^(C)a prophet.

³² But shall we say, ‘From man’?”—^(A)they were afraid of the people, for they all held that John really was ^(B)a prophet.

⁶ But if we say, ‘From man,’ all the people will stone us to death, for they are convinced that John was ^(A)a prophet.”

Paying Taxes to Caesar

^19 (A)The scribes and the chief priests sought to lay hands on him at that very hour, for they perceived that he had told this parable against them, but they feared the people.

² And the chief priests and the scribes ^(A)were seeking how to put him to death, for they feared the people.