¹³ The king said to her, “Don’t be afraid. What do you see?”

The woman said, “I see a ghostly figure^[a] coming up out of the earth.”^(A)

³⁴ Jesus answered them, “Is it not written in your Law,^(A) ‘I have said you are “gods”’^[a]?^{(B) 35} If he called them ‘gods,’ to whom the word of God^(C) came—and Scripture cannot be set aside^(D)—

²⁸ “Do not blaspheme God^[a](A) or curse^(B) the ruler of your people.^(C)

¹⁶ He will speak to the people for you, and it will be as if he were your mouth^(A) and as if you were God to him.^(B)