Matthew 28:12

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And when they were assembled with the elders, and had taken counsel, they gave large money unto the soldiers,

Then the chief priests and the elders of the people were gathered together to the palace of the high priest who was called Caiaphas,

And when it was morning all the chief priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus so that they might put him to death.

Why are the nations in tumultuous agitation, and why do the peoples meditate a vain thing?

The chief priests, therefore, and the Pharisees gathered a council, and said, What do we? for this man does many signs.

But the chief priests took counsel that they might kill Lazarus also,

And it came to pass on the morrow that their rulers and elders and scribes were gathered together at Jerusalem,

But they, when they heard these things, were cut to the heart, and took counsel to kill them.