¹⁵ But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the amazing things that he did and heard^[a] the children crying out in the temple and saying, “Hosanna to the Son of David,” they became angry^(A)

⁹ The crowds that went ahead of him and that followed were shouting,

³⁹ Some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to him, “Teacher, order your disciples to stop.”^{(A) 40} He answered, “I tell you, if these were silent, the stones would shout out.”^(B)

¹⁹ The Pharisees then said to one another, “You see, you can do nothing. Look, the world has gone after him!”^(A)

⁵⁷ Now the chief priests and the Pharisees had given orders that anyone who knew where Jesus^[a] was should let them know, so that they might arrest him.

⁴² Has not the scripture said that the Messiah^[a] is descended from David and comes from Bethlehem, the village where David lived?”^(A)

Jesus and the Woman of Samaria

4 Now when Jesus^[a] learned that the Pharisees had heard, “Jesus is making and baptizing more disciples than John”^(A)

Jesus before the Council

⁶⁶ When day came, the assembly of the elders of the people, both chief priests and scribes, gathered together, and they brought him to their council.^(A)

² The chief priests and the scribes were looking for a way to put Jesus^[a] to death, for they were afraid of the people.^(A)

The Authority of Jesus Questioned

20 One day as he was teaching the people in the temple and proclaiming the good news, the chief priests and the scribes came with the elders^(A)