But Nabal asked them, “Who is David? Who is this son of Jesse? Many servants these days are breaking away from their masters.
If a wise man goes to court with a fool, there will be raving and laughing with no resolution.
But the Pharisee was surprised to see that Jesus did not first wash before the meal.
Soon all the men of Israel came to the king and asked, “Why did our brothers, the men of Judah, take you away secretly and bring the king and his household across the Jordan, together with all of David’s men?”
But the king replied, “You will surely die, Ahimelech, you and all your father’s house!”
When Herod saw that he had been outwitted by the Magi, he was filled with rage. Sending orders, he put to death all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity who were two years old and under, according to the time he had learned from the Magi.
But the scribes and Pharisees were filled with rage and began to discuss with one another what they might do to Jesus.
As Jesus went on from there, the scribes and Pharisees began to oppose Him bitterly and to ply Him with questions about many things,
Then Herod called the Magi secretly and learned from them the exact time the star had appeared.
He announced, “May God punish me, and ever so severely, if the head of Elisha son of Shaphat remains on his shoulders through this day!”
So the chief priests made plans to kill Lazarus as well,
But some of the Pharisees asked, “Why are you doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath?”