And when Jeremiah had finished speaking all that the Lord had commanded him to speak to all the people, then (A)the priests and the prophets and all the people laid hold of him, saying, “You shall die!

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13 This was for (A)the sins of her prophets
    and (B)the iniquities of her priests,
who shed in the midst of her
    the blood of the righteous.

14 (C)They wandered, blind, through the streets;
    they were so defiled with blood
(D)that no one was able to touch
    their garments.

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52 (A)Which of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? And they killed those who announced beforehand the coming of (B)the Righteous One, (C)whom you have now betrayed and murdered,

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33 When they heard this, they (A)were enraged and wanted to kill them.

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59 Now the chief priests and the whole council[a] (A)were seeking false testimony against Jesus that they might put him to death, 60 but they found none, (B)though many false witnesses came forward. At last (C)two came forward 61 and said, “This man said, (D)‘I am able to (E)destroy the temple of God, and to rebuild it in three days.’” 62 And the high priest stood up and said, “Have you no answer to make? What is it that these men testify against you?”[b] 63 (F)But Jesus remained silent. (G)And the high priest said to him, (H)“I adjure you by (I)the living God, (J)tell us if you are (K)the Christ, (L)the Son of God.” 64 Jesus said to him, (M)“You have said so. But I tell you, from now on (N)you will see the Son of Man (O)seated at the right hand of Power and (P)coming on the clouds of heaven.” 65 Then the high priest (Q)tore his robes and said, (R)“He has uttered blasphemy. What further witnesses do we need? You have now heard his blasphemy. 66 What is your judgment?” They answered, (S)“He deserves death.”

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 26:59 Greek Sanhedrin
  2. Matthew 26:62 Or Have you no answer to what these men testify against you?

(A)Then the chief priests and the elders of the people gathered in (B)the palace of the high priest, whose name was (C)Caiaphas, (D)and plotted together in order to arrest Jesus by stealth and kill him.

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31 Thus you witness against yourselves that you are (A)sons of those who murdered the prophets. 32 (B)Fill up, then, the measure of your fathers. 33 You serpents, (C)you brood of vipers, how are you to escape being sentenced to (D)hell? 34 (E)Therefore (F)I send you (G)prophets and wise men and (H)scribes, (I)some of whom you will kill and crucify, and (J)some you will (K)flog in your synagogues and (L)persecute from town to town, 35 so that on you may come all (M)the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous (N)Abel to the blood of (O)Zechariah the son of Barachiah,[a] whom you murdered between (P)the sanctuary and (Q)the altar.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 23:35 Some manuscripts omit the son of Barachiah

while the rest seized his servants, (A)treated them shamefully, and (B)killed them.

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35 (A)And the tenants took his servants and beat one, killed another, and (B)stoned another. 36 (C)Again he sent other servants, more than the first. And they did the same to them. 37 Finally he sent his son to them, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’ 38 But when the tenants saw the son, they said to themselves, (D)‘This is the heir. Come, (E)let us kill him and have his inheritance.’ 39 And they took him and (F)threw him out of the vineyard and killed him.

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For whenever I speak, I cry out,
    I shout, (A)“Violence and destruction!”
For (B)the word of the Lord has become for me
    (C)a reproach and (D)derision all day long.
If I say, “I will not mention him,
    or speak any more in his name,”
(E)there is in my heart as it were a burning fire
    shut up in my bones,
and (F)I am weary with holding it in,
    and I cannot.
10 (G)For I hear many whispering.
    (H)Terror is on every side!
“Denounce him! (I)Let us denounce him!”
    say all my (J)close friends,
    (K)watching for (L)my fall.
“Perhaps he will be deceived;
    then (M)we can overcome him
    and take our revenge on him.”
11 But (N)the Lord is with me as a dread warrior;
    therefore my persecutors will stumble;
    (O)they will not overcome me.
(P)They will be greatly shamed,
    for they will not succeed.
Their (Q)eternal dishonor
    will never be forgotten.

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Jeremiah Persecuted by Pashhur

20 Now (A)Pashhur the priest, the son of (B)Immer, who was (C)chief officer in the house of the Lord, heard Jeremiah prophesying these things. Then (D)Pashhur beat Jeremiah the prophet, and put him (E)in the stocks that were in the upper (F)Benjamin Gate of the house of the Lord.

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18 Then they said, (A)“Come, let us make plots against Jeremiah, (B)for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. (C)Come, let us strike him with the tongue, and let us not pay attention to any of his words.”

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The Lord Answers Jeremiah

“If you have raced with men on foot, and they have wearied you,
    how will you compete with horses?
And if in a safe land you are so trusting,
    what will you do in (A)the thicket of the Jordan?
For (B)even your brothers and the house of your father,
    (C)even they have dealt treacherously with you;
    they are in full cry after you;
(D)do not believe them,
    though they speak friendly words to you.”

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19 But I was (A)like a gentle lamb
    led to the slaughter.
I did not know (B)it was against me
    they devised schemes, saying,
“Let us destroy the tree with its fruit,
    (C)let us cut him off from (D)the land of the living,
    that his name be remembered no more.”
20 But, O Lord of hosts, who judges righteously,
    who (E)tests (F)the heart and the mind,
(G)let me see your vengeance upon them,
    for to you have I committed my cause.

21 Therefore thus says the Lord concerning the men of (H)Anathoth, (I)who seek your life, and say, (J)“Do not prophesy in the name of the Lord, or you will die by our hand”—

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30 In vain have I (A)struck your children;
    they took no correction;
(B)your own sword devoured your prophets
    like a ravening lion.

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16 (A)But they kept mocking the messengers of God, (B)despising his words and scoffing at his prophets, (C)until the wrath of the Lord rose against his people, until there was no remedy.

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24 And (A)in her was found the blood of prophets and of saints,
    and of (B)all who have been slain on earth.”

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