Matthew 26:59 - Modern King James Version

⁵⁹ And the chief priests and the elders and all the sanhedrin sought false witness against Jesus, in order to put Him to death.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁵⁹ Now the chief priests, and elders, and all the council, sought false witness against Jesus, to put him to death;

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁵⁹ Now the chief priests and the whole council (the Sanhedrin) sought to get false witnesses to testify against Jesus, so that they might put Him to death;

American Standard Version (1901)

⁵⁹ Now the chief priests and the whole council sought false witness against Jesus, that they might put him to death;

Common English Bible

⁵⁹ The chief priests and the whole council were looking for false testimony against Jesus so that they could put him to death.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁵⁹ Then the leaders of the priests and the entire council sought false testimony against Jesus, so that they might deliver him to death.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁵⁹ And the chief priests and the whole council sought false witness against Jesus, that they might put him to death:

Matthew 26:59 Tagairtí Cros

Psalm 27:12

Deliver me not over to the will of my enemies; for false witnesses have risen up against me, and he that breathes out cruelty.

Proverbs 25:18

A man who bears false witness against his neighbor is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.

Matthew 5:22

But I say to you that whoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be liable to the judgment. And whoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be liable to the sanhedrin; but whoever shall say, Fool! shall be liable to be thrown into the fire of hell.

John 18:19

Then the high priest asked Jesus of His disciples and of His teaching.

John 18:21

Why do you ask Me? Ask those who heard me what I have said to them. Behold, they know what I said.