Justice for All

23 “You ^(A)shall not circulate a false report. Do not put your hand with the wicked to be an ^(B)unrighteous witness.

¹⁶ If a false witness ^(A)rises against any man to testify against him of wrongdoing, ¹⁷ then both men in the controversy shall stand before the Lord, ^(B)before the priests and the judges who serve in those days. ¹⁸ And the judges shall make careful inquiry, and indeed, if the witness is a false witness, who has testified falsely against his brother, ^19 (C)then you shall do to him as he thought to have done to his brother; so ^(D)you shall put away the evil from among you. ^20 (E)And those who remain shall hear and fear, and hereafter they shall not again commit such evil among you. ^21 (F)Your eye shall not pity: ^(G)life shall be for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.

⁵⁹ Now the chief priests, ^[a]the elders, and all the council sought ^(A)false testimony against Jesus to put Him to death, ^60 [b]but found none. Even though ^(B)many false witnesses came forward, they found none. But at last ^(C)two ^[c]false witnesses came forward ⁶¹ and said, “This fellow said, ^(D)‘I am able to destroy the temple of God and to build it in three days.’ ”

¹⁶ You shall not go about as a ^(A)talebearer among your people; nor shall you ^(B)take a stand against the life of your neighbor: I am the Lord.