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And it shall be like people, like priest. I will punish both of them for their ways and repay them for their deeds.

Then I said: “Hear now, O leaders of Jacob, you rulers of the house of Israel. Should you not know justice? …

Now hear this, O leaders of the house of Jacob and rulers of the house of Israel, who despise justice and pervert all that is right,

Her leaders judge for a bribe, her priests teach for a price, and her prophets practice divination for money. Yet they lean upon the LORD, saying, “Is not the LORD among us? No disaster can come upon us.”

Listen to another parable: There was a landowner who planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a winepress in it, and built a tower. Then he rented it out to some tenants and went away on a journey. …

When the chief priests and Pharisees heard His parables, they knew that Jesus was speaking about them.

“The scribes and Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat. …

Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the kingdom of heaven in men’s faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let in those who wish to enter. …

Then one of the Twelve, the one called Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests …

Now the chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were seeking false testimony against Jesus in order to put Him to death. …

Then Jesus began to speak to them in parables: “A man planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a wine vat, and built a watchtower. Then he rented it out to some tenants and went away on a journey. …

Then Judas Iscariot, one of the Twelve, went to the chief priests to betray Jesus to them.

They were delighted to hear this, and they promised to give him money. So Judas began to look for an opportunity to betray Jesus.

Then Satan entered Judas Iscariot, who was one of the Twelve. …