^14 (A)Alexander the coppersmith did me much harm. May the Lord repay him according to his works.

^15 (A)who killed both the Lord Jesus and ^(B)their own prophets, and have persecuted us; and they do not please God ^(C)and are ^[a]contrary to all men, ^16 (D)forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they may be saved, so as always ^(E)to fill up the measure of their sins; ^(F)but wrath has come upon them to the uttermost.

³ Therefore I make known to you that no one speaking by the Spirit of God calls Jesus ^[a]accursed, and ^(A)no one can say that Jesus is Lord except by the Holy Spirit.

²⁷ But bring here those enemies of mine, who did not want me to reign over them, and slay them before me.’ ”

³⁹ But Jesus said, “Do not forbid him, ^(A)for no one who works a miracle in My name can soon afterward speak evil of Me.

⁶⁶ What do you think?”

They answered and said, ^(A)“He is deserving of death.”

^67 (B)Then they spat in His face and beat Him; and ^(C)others struck Him with ^[a]the palms of their hands,

^24 (A)Now when the Pharisees heard it they said, “This fellow does not cast out demons except by ^[a]Beelzebub, the ruler of the demons.”

¹⁹ The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Look, a glutton and a ^[a]winebibber, ^(A)a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ ^(B)But wisdom is justified by her ^[b]children.”