Then they said, “Come, y’all! Let’s devise plans against Jeremiah, for the law won’t be lost from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, y’all, and let’s strike him with the tongue, and let’s not give heed to any of his words.”
who cause a person to be indicted by a word, and lay a snare for one who reproves in the gate, and who deprive the innocent of justice with false testimony.
When they had come, they asked him, “Teacher, we know that you are truthful, and you are not concerned about anyone because you don’t focus on the face of humans, but truly teach the way of God. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?