Of whom have you been afraid and in fear, that you lie, and have not remembered me, nor laid it to your heart? Haven't I held my shalom even of long time, and you don't fear me?
The immersion of Yochanan, where was it from? From heaven or from men?* They reasoned with themselves, saying, *If we say, 'From heaven,' he will ask us, 'Why then did you not believe him?'
for Herod feared Yochanan, 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.
The chief Kohanim 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.
His parents said these things because they feared the Judeans; for the Judeans had already agreed that if any man would confess him as Messiah, he would be put out of the synagogue.