¹³ Saul said to him, “Why have you conspired^(A) against me, you and the son of Jesse, giving him bread and a sword and inquiring of God for him, so that he has rebelled against me and lies in wait for me, as he does today?”

⁸ Is that why you have all conspired^(A) against me? No one tells me when my son makes a covenant^(B) with the son of Jesse.^(C) None of you is concerned^(D) about me or tells me that my son has incited my servant to lie in wait for me, as he does today.”

² And they began to accuse him, saying, “We have found this man subverting our nation.^(A) He opposes payment of taxes to Caesar^(B) and claims to be Messiah, a king.”^(C)

³ So Pilate asked Jesus, “Are you the king of the Jews?”

“You have said so,” Jesus replied.

⁴ Then Pilate announced to the chief priests and the crowd, “I find no basis for a charge against this man.”^(D)

⁵ But they insisted, “He stirs up the people all over Judea by his teaching. He started in Galilee^(E) and has come all the way here.”

Amos and Amaziah

¹⁰ Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel^(A) sent a message to Jeroboam^(B) king of Israel: “Amos is raising a conspiracy^(C) against you in the very heart of Israel. The land cannot bear all his words.^(D)