²³ Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near ^(A)and struck Micaiah on the cheek and said, “Which way did the Spirit of the Lord go from me to speak to you?”

^65 (A)And some began ^(B)to spit on him and ^(C)to cover his face and to strike him, saying to him, “Prophesy!” And the guards received him ^(D)with blows.

² Then ^(A)Pashhur beat Jeremiah the prophet, and put him ^(B)in the stocks that were in the upper ^(C)Benjamin Gate of the house of the Lord.

²² When he had said these things, one of the officers standing by struck Jesus with his hand, saying, ^(A)“Is that how you answer the high priest?” ²³ Jesus answered him, “If what I said is wrong, bear witness about the wrong; but if what I said is right, why do you strike me?”

⁴⁰ Some of the Pharisees near him heard these things, and said to him, ^(A)“Are we also blind?” ⁴¹ Jesus said to them, “If you were blind, ^(B)you would have no guilt;^[a] but now that you say, ‘We see,’ your guilt remains.

⁶⁷ Then ^(A)they spit in his face ^(B)and ^(C)struck him. And some slapped him, ⁶⁸ saying, “Prophesy to us, you ^(D)Christ! Who is it that struck you?”

The Ruler to Be Born in Bethlehem

²⁶ ‘The Lord has made you priest instead of Jehoiada the priest, to have ^(A)charge in the house of the Lord ^(B)over every madman who prophesies, to put him in ^(C)the stocks and neck irons. ²⁷ Now why have you not rebuked Jeremiah ^(D)of Anathoth who is prophesying to you?