¹⁶ Then Memucan said in the presence of the king and the officials, “Not only against the king has Queen Vashti done wrong, but also against all the officials and all the peoples who are in all the provinces of King Ahasuerus.

⁷ To have lawsuits at all with one another is already a defeat for you. ^(A)Why not rather suffer wrong? Why not rather be defrauded? ⁸ But you yourselves wrong and defraud—even ^(B)your own brothers!^[a]

¹⁰ But Paul said, “I am standing before Caesar's ^(A)tribunal, where I ought to be tried. To the Jews I have done no wrong, as you yourself know very well.

¹⁴ But when Paul was about to open his mouth, Gallio said to the Jews, “If it were a matter of wrongdoing or vicious ^(A)crime, O Jews, I would have reason to accept your complaint.