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26 When Jesus had finished all these words, he said to his disciples, “You know that after two days the Passover is coming, and the Son of Man will be delivered up to be crucified.”

Then the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders of the people were gathered together in the court of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas. They took counsel together that they might take Jesus by deceit and kill him. But they said, “Not during the feast, lest a riot occur among the people.”

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The Plot to Kill Jesus

26 When Jesus had finished saying all these things, he said to his disciples,(A) “You know that after two days the Passover is coming, and the Son of Man will be handed over to be crucified.”(B)

Then the chief priests and the elders of the people gathered in the courtyard of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas,(C) and they conspired to arrest Jesus by stealth and kill him.(D) But they said, “Not during the festival, or there may be a riot among the people.”(E)

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