⁶ But the chief priests took the silver pieces and said, “It is not lawful to put them into the treasury, because they are the price of blood.”

⁷ So the scribes and Pharisees watched Him closely, whether He would ^(A)heal on the Sabbath, that they might find an ^(B)accusation against Him. ⁸ But He ^(C)knew their thoughts, and said to the man who had the withered hand, “Arise and stand here.” And he arose and stood. ⁹ Then Jesus said to them, “I will ask you one thing: ^(D)Is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good or to do evil, to save life or ^[a]to destroy?”

¹⁸ You shall not bring the wages of a harlot or the price of a dog to the house of the Lord your God for any vowed offering, for both of these are ^[a]an abomination to the Lord your God.

In Pilate’s Court^(A)

^28 (B)Then they led Jesus from Caiaphas to the Praetorium, and it was early morning. ^(C)But they themselves did not go into the ^[a]Praetorium, lest they should be defiled, but that they might eat the Passover.

²⁴ Blind guides, who strain out a gnat and swallow a camel!