²⁰ So they watched [for an opportunity to ensnare] Him, and sent spies who pretended to be upright (honest and sincere), that they might lay hold of something He might say, so as to turn Him over to the control and authority of the governor.

⁵³ As He left there, the scribes and the Pharisees [followed Him closely, and they] began ^[a]to be enraged with and set themselves violently against Him and to draw Him out and provoke Him to speak of many things,

⁵⁴ Secretly watching and plotting and lying in wait for Him, to seize upon something He might say [that they might accuse Him].