And everyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man, it will be forgiven him; but the one who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit, it will not be forgiven him.

Now when they bring you before the synagogues and the officials and the authorities, do not worry about how or what you are to speak in your defense, or what you are to say;

Jesus replied, “I tell you, if these stop speaking, the stones will cry out!”

Paying Taxes to Caesar

The scribes and the chief priests tried to lay hands on Him that very hour, and yet they feared the people; for they were aware that He had spoken this parable against them.

And the spies questioned Him, saying, “Teacher, we know that You speak and teach correctly, and You are not partial to anyone, but You teach the way of God on the basis of truth.

Some of the scribes answered and said, “Teacher, You have spoken well.”

Jesus Betrayed by Judas

While He was still speaking, behold, a crowd came, and the one called Judas, one of the twelve, was leading the way for them; and he approached Jesus to kiss Him.

But Peter said, “Man, I do not know what you are talking about!” And immediately, while he was still speaking, a rooster crowed.

He is not here, but He has risen. Remember how He spoke to you while He was still in Galilee,

And then He said to them, “You foolish men and slow of heart to believe in all that the prophets have spoken!

They said to one another, “Were our hearts not burning within us when He was speaking to us on the road, while He was explaining the Scriptures to us?”

Now He said to them, “These are My words which I spoke to you while I was still with you, that all the things that are written about Me in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms must be fulfilled.”