For I heard the defaming of many, fear on every side. Report, say they, and we will report it. All my companions watched for my downfall, saying, Perhaps he will be enticed, and we shall prevail against him, and we shall take our revenge on him.
And the ruler of the synagogue answered with indignation, because Jesus had healed on the sabbath day, and said to the people, There are six days in which men ought to work: in them therefore come and be healed, and not on the sabbath day.
And they watched him, and sent out spies, which would pretend to be just men, that they might take hold of his words, that in this way they might deliver him to the power and authority of the governor.
Therefore said some of the Pharisees, This man is not of God, because he does not keep the sabbath day. Others said, How can a man that is a sinner do such miracles? And there was a division among them.