^23 (A)When he was reviled, he did not revile in return; when he suffered, he did not threaten, ^(B)but continued entrusting himself to him who judges justly.

The Pharisee and the Tax Collector

⁹ He also told this parable to some ^(A)who trusted ^(B)in themselves that they were righteous, ^(C)and treated others with contempt:

The Law and the Kingdom of God

^14 (A)The Pharisees, who were ^(B)lovers of money, heard all these things, and they ^(C)ridiculed him.

^48 (A)Have any of the authorities or the Pharisees believed in him? ⁴⁹ But this crowd that does not know the law is accursed.” ^50 (B)Nicodemus, who had gone to him before, and who was one of them, said to them, ^51 (C)“Does our law judge a man without first ^(D)giving him a hearing and learning what he does?” ⁵² They replied, ^(E)“Are you from Galilee too? Search and see that ^(F)no prophet arises from Galilee.”

² And he said in the presence of his brothers and of the army of ^(A)Samaria, “What are these feeble Jews doing? Will they restore it for themselves?^[a] Will they sacrifice? Will they finish up in a day? Will they revive the stones out of the heaps of rubbish, and burned ones at that?” ^3 (B)Tobiah the Ammonite was beside him, and he said, “Yes, what they are building—^(C)if a fox goes up on it he will break down their stone wall!” ^4 (D)Hear, O our God, for we are despised. ^(E)Turn back their taunt on their own heads and give them up to be plundered in a land where they are captives.