32 The wicked (A)watches the righteous,
And seeks to slay him.

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32 The wicked lie in wait(A) for the righteous,(B)
    intent on putting them to death;

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47 And He (A)was teaching daily in the temple. But (B)the chief priests, the scribes, and the leaders of the people sought to destroy Him, 48 and were unable to do anything; for all the people were very attentive to (C)hear Him.

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47 Every day he was teaching at the temple.(A) But the chief priests, the teachers of the law and the leaders among the people were trying to kill him.(B) 48 Yet they could not find any way to do it, because all the people hung on his words.

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He sits in the lurking places of the villages;
In the secret places he murders the innocent;
His eyes are secretly fixed on the helpless.
He lies in wait secretly, as a lion in his den;
He lies in wait to catch the poor;
He catches the poor when he draws him into his net.
10 So [a]he crouches, he lies low,
That the helpless may fall by his [b]strength.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 10:10 Or he is crushed, is bowed
  2. Psalm 10:10 Or mighty ones

He lies in wait(A) near the villages;
    from ambush he murders the innocent.(B)
His eyes watch in secret for his victims;
    like a lion in cover he lies in wait.
He lies in wait to catch the helpless;(C)
    he catches the helpless and drags them off in his net.(D)
10 His victims are crushed,(E) they collapse;
    they fall under his strength.

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24 (A)But their plot became known to Saul. And they watched the gates day and night, to kill him.

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24 but Saul learned of their plan.(A) Day and night they kept close watch on the city gates in order to kill him.

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The Pharisees: Is It Lawful to Pay Taxes to Caesar?(A)

20 (B)So they watched Him, and sent spies who pretended to be righteous, that they might seize on His words, in order to deliver Him to the power and the authority of the governor.

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Paying Taxes to Caesar(A)

20 Keeping a close watch on him, they sent spies, who pretended to be sincere. They hoped to catch Jesus in something he said,(B) so that they might hand him over to the power and authority of the governor.(C)

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A Man with Dropsy Healed on the Sabbath

14 Now it happened, as He went into the house of one of the rulers of the Pharisees to eat bread on the Sabbath, that they watched Him closely.

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Jesus at a Pharisee’s House(A)

14 One Sabbath, when Jesus went to eat in the house of a prominent Pharisee,(B) he was being carefully watched.(C)

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54 lying in wait for Him, [a]and (A)seeking to catch Him in something He might say, [b]that they might accuse Him.

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 11:54 NU omits and seeking
  2. Luke 11:54 NU omits that they might accuse Him

54 waiting to catch him in something he might say.(A)

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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.

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The Pharisees and the teachers of the law were looking for a reason to accuse Jesus, so they watched him closely(A) to see if he would heal on the Sabbath.(B)

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10 (A)For I heard many [a]mocking:
“Fear on every side!”
“Report,” they say, “and we will report it!”
(B)All my acquaintances watched for my stumbling, saying,
“Perhaps he can be induced;
Then we will prevail against him,
And we will take our revenge on him.”

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 20:10 slandering

10 I hear many whispering,
    “Terror(A) on every side!
    Denounce(B) him! Let’s denounce him!”
All my friends(C)
    are waiting for me to slip,(D) saying,
“Perhaps he will be deceived;
    then we will prevail(E) over him
    and take our revenge(F) on him.”

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12 The wicked plots against the just,
(A)And gnashes at him with his teeth.

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12 The wicked plot(A) against the righteous
    and gnash their teeth(B) at them;

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