Wisdom 2:19-21

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

¹⁹Let us test him with insult and torture,
so that we may find out how gentle he is,
and make trial of his forbearance.
²⁰Let us condemn him to a shameful death,
for, according to what he says, he will be protected.”

Error of the Wicked

²¹Thus they reasoned, but they were led astray,
for their wickedness blinded them,

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