^11 (A)Blessed are you when they revile and persecute you, and say all kinds of ^(B)evil against you falsely for My sake. ^12 (C)Rejoice and be exceedingly glad, for great is your reward in heaven, for ^(D)so they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

⁸ he is ^(A)a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.

¹³ Nor can they prove the things of which they now accuse me.

^5 (A)For we have found this man a plague, a creator of dissension among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes.

⁵⁹ Now the chief priests, ^[a]the elders, and all the council sought ^(A)false testimony against Jesus to put Him to death, ^60 [b]but found none. Even though ^(B)many false witnesses came forward, they found none. But at last ^(C)two ^[c]false witnesses came forward ⁶¹ and said, “This fellow said, ^(D)‘I am able to destroy the temple of God and to build it in three days.’ ”

^62 (E)And the high priest arose and said to Him, “Do You answer nothing? What is it these men testify against You?” ⁶³ But ^(F)Jesus kept silent. And the high priest answered and said to Him, ^(G)“I put You under oath by the living God: Tell us if You are the Christ, the Son of God!”

⁶⁴ Jesus said to him, “It is as you said. Nevertheless, I say to you, ^(H)hereafter you will see the Son of Man ^(I)sitting at the right hand of the Power, and coming on the clouds of heaven.”

^65 (J)Then the high priest tore his clothes, saying, “He has spoken blasphemy! What further need do we have of witnesses? Look, now you have heard His ^(K)blasphemy! ⁶⁶ What do you think?”

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

^67 (M)Then they spat in His face and beat Him; and ^(N)others struck Him with ^[d]the palms of their hands, ⁶⁸ saying, ^(O)“Prophesy to us, Christ! Who is the one who struck You?”

You Cannot Serve God and Riches

^24 (A)“No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other. ^(B)You cannot serve God and ^[a]mammon.