⁷ And it happened, when the king of Israel read the letter, that he tore his clothes and said, “Am I ^(A)God, to kill and make alive, that this man sends a man to me to heal him of his leprosy? Therefore please consider, and see how he seeks a quarrel with me.”

⁷ So the king of Israel called all the elders of the land, and said, “Notice, please, and see how this man seeks trouble, for he sent to me for my wives, my children, my silver, and my gold; and I did not deny him.”

² And Jacob’s anger was aroused against Rachel, and he said, ^(A)“Am I in the place of God, who has withheld from you the fruit of the womb?”

⁵⁴ lying in wait for Him, ^[a]and ^(A)seeking to catch Him in something He might say, ^[b]that they might accuse Him.

¹⁴ But when the apostles Barnabas and Paul heard this, ^(A)they tore their clothes and ran in among the multitude, crying out

^65 (A)Then the high priest tore his clothes, saying, “He has spoken blasphemy! What further need do we have of witnesses? Look, now you have heard His ^(B)blasphemy!

A Call to Repentance

¹¹ It is a ^[a]difficult thing that the king requests, and there is no other who can tell it to the king ^(A)except the gods, whose dwelling is not with flesh.”