Luke 22:2

The Lord Yahweh’s Spirit is on me, because Yahweh has anointed me to preach good news to the humble. He has sent me to bind up the broken hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and release to those who are bound,

But you denied the Holy and Righteous One and asked for a murderer to be granted to you,

They sent their disciples to him, along with the Herodians, saying, “Teacher, we know that you are honest, and teach the way of God in truth, no matter whom you teach, for you aren’t partial to anyone.

Then the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders of the people were gathered together in the court of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas.

and they bound him, and led him away, and delivered him up to Pontius Pilate, the governor.

They sent some of the Pharisees and the Herodians to him, that they might trap him with words.

Herod and Pilate became friends with each other that very day, for before that they were enemies with each other.

while you stretch out your hand to heal; and that signs and wonders may be done through the name of your holy Servant Jesus.”

that you may become blameless and harmless, children of God without defect in the middle of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you are seen as lights in the world,

having good behavior among the nations, so in that of which they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they see, glorify God in the day of visitation.

having a good conscience. Thus, while you are spoken against as evildoers, they may be disappointed who curse your good way of life in Christ.

Then I saw all the labor and achievement that is the envy of a man’s neighbor. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.

At that time, Herod the tetrarch heard the report concerning Jesus,

The multitudes who went in front of him, and those who followed, kept shouting, “Hosanna to the son of David! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!”

for Herod feared John, knowing that he was a righteous and holy man, and kept him safe. When he heard him, he did many things, and he heard him gladly.

After these things, Jesus was walking in Galilee, for he wouldn’t walk in Judea, because the Jews sought to kill him.

So from that day forward they took counsel that they might put him to death.

But the chief priests conspired to put Lazarus to death also,

None of the rest dared to join them, however the people honored them.

Now when the high priest, the captain of the temple, and the chief priests heard these words, they were very perplexed about them and what might become of this.

The men were afraid, because they were brought to Joseph’s house; and they said, “Because of the money that was returned in our sacks the first time, we’re brought in; that he may seek occasion against us, attack us, and seize us as slaves, along with our donkeys.”

You shall keep it until the fourteenth day of the same month; and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it at evening.

But his father and his mother didn’t know that it was of Yahweh; for he sought an occasion against the Philistines. Now at that time the Philistines ruled over Israel.

Behold, the whole family has risen against your servant, and they say, ‘Deliver him who struck his brother, that we may kill him for the life of his brother whom he killed, and so destroy the heir also.’ Thus they would quench my coal which is left, and would leave to my husband neither name nor remainder on the surface of the earth.”

I will come on him while he is weary and exhausted, and will make him afraid. All the people who are with him will flee. I will strike the king only,

A dishonest man detests the righteous, and the upright in their ways detest the wicked.

For I have heard the defaming of many, “Terror on every side! Denounce, and we will denounce him!” say all my familiar friends, those who watch for my fall. “Perhaps he will be persuaded, and we will prevail against him, and we will take our revenge on him.”

Therefore at that time certain Chaldeans came near, and brought accusation against the Jews.

But I tell you that everyone who is angry with his brother without a cause will be in danger of the judgment. Whoever says to his brother, ‘Raca!’ will be in danger of the council. Whoever says, ‘You fool!’ will be in danger of the fire of Gehenna.

But when the multitudes saw it, they marveled and glorified God, who had given such authority to men.

As Jesus passed by from there, two blind men followed him, calling out and saying, “Have mercy on us, son of David!”

But why did you go out? To see a prophet? Yes, I tell you, and much more than a prophet.

When he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a prophet.

When they sought to seize him, they feared the multitudes, because they considered him to be a prophet.

Now when morning had come, all the chief priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death:

For he knew that because of envy they had delivered him up.

He warned them, saying, “Take heed: beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and the yeast of Herod.”

They tried to seize him, but they feared the multitude; for they perceived that he spoke the parable against them. They left him, and went away.

Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of the region of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene,

But they were filled with rage, and talked with one another about what they might do to Jesus.

But if we say, ‘From men,’ all the people will stone us, for they are persuaded that John was a prophet.”

They watched him and sent out spies, who pretended to be righteous, that they might trap him in something he said, so as to deliver him up to the power and authority of the governor.

Jesus said to the chief priests, captains of the temple, and elders, who had come against him, “Have you come out as against a robber, with swords and clubs?

For this cause therefore the Jews sought all the more to kill him, because he not only broke the Sabbath, but also called God his own Father, making himself equal with God.

He was the burning and shining lamp, and you were willing to rejoice for a while in his light.

Didn’t Moses give you the law, and yet none of you keeps the law? Why do you seek to kill me?”

They sought again to seize him, and he went out of their hand.

The Pharisees therefore said among themselves, “See how you accomplish nothing. Behold, the world has gone after him.”

All the people saw him walking and praising God.

As they spoke to the people, the priests and the captain of the temple and the Sadducees came to them,

When they had further threatened them, they let them go, finding no way to punish them, because of the people; for everyone glorified God for that which was done.

and if children, then heirs: heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with him, that we may also be glorified with him.

and soundness of speech that can’t be condemned, that he who opposes you may be ashamed, having no evil thing to say about us.

has at the end of these days spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, through whom also he made the worlds.

Now therefore come, please let me give you counsel, that you may save your own life, and your son Solomon’s life.

Adonijah and all the guests who were with him heard it as they had finished eating. When Joab heard the sound of the trumpet, he said, “Why is this noise of the city being in an uproar?”

They offered great sacrifices that day, and rejoiced; for God had made them rejoice with great joy; and the women and the children also rejoiced; so that the joy of Jerusalem was heard even far away.

Why do the nations rage, and the peoples plot a vain thing?

Yahweh examines the righteous, but his soul hates the wicked and him who loves violence.

Save, Yahweh! Let the King answer us when we call!

Consider my enemies, for they are many. They hate me with cruel hatred.

Consider my affliction, and deliver me, for I don’t forget your law.

Many are my persecutors and my adversaries. I haven’t swerved from your testimonies.

An evil speaker won’t be established in the earth. Evil will hunt the violent man to overthrow him.

Yet they didn’t listen to me or incline their ear, but made their neck stiff. They did worse than their fathers.

Then they said, “Come! Let’s devise plans against Jeremiah; for the law won’t perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let’s strike him with the tongue, and let’s not give heed to any of his words.”

Yet, Yahweh, you know all their counsel against me to kill me. Don’t forgive their iniquity. Don’t blot out their sin from your sight, Let them be overthrown before you. Deal with them in the time of your anger.

The priests and the prophets and all the people heard Jeremiah speaking these words in Yahweh’s house.

Then the presidents and the local governors sought to find occasion against Daniel as touching the kingdom; but they could find no occasion or fault, because he was faithful. There wasn’t any error or fault found in him.

Gathering together all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he asked them where the Christ would be born.

But the Pharisees went out, and conspired against him, how they might destroy him.

But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the children who were crying in the temple and saying, “Hosanna to the son of David!” they were indignant,

But if we say, ‘From men,’ we fear the multitude, for all hold John as a prophet.”

But the farmers, when they saw the son, said among themselves, ‘This is the heir. Come, let’s kill him, and seize his inheritance.’

The Pharisees went out, and immediately conspired with the Herodians against him, how they might destroy him.

The chief priests and the scribes heard it, and sought how they might destroy him. For they feared him, because all the multitude was astonished at his teaching.

If we should say, ‘From men’ ”—they feared the people, for all held John to really be a prophet.

Now the chief priests and the whole council sought witnesses against Jesus to put him to death, and found none.

“But when the farmers saw him, they reasoned among themselves, saying, ‘This is the heir. Come, let’s kill him, that the inheritance may be ours.’

The chief priests and the scribes sought to lay hands on him that very hour, but they feared the people—for they knew he had spoken this parable against them.

and said to them, “You brought this man to me as one that perverts the people, and behold, having examined him before you, I found no basis for a charge against this man concerning those things of which you accuse him.

The chief priests therefore and the Pharisees gathered a council, and said, “What are we doing? For this man does many signs.

Now the chief priests and the Pharisees had commanded that if anyone knew where he was, he should report it, that they might seize him.

“For truly, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, were gathered together against your holy servant, Jesus, whom you anointed,

Then the captain went with the officers, and brought them without violence, for they were afraid that the people might stone them.

I desire therefore that the younger widows marry, bear children, rule the household, and give no occasion to the adversary for insulting.

In their mouth was found no lie, for they are blameless.