"Do not suppose that I am come to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I am come not to destroy, but to fulfil.

"Do not be afraid of those who kill the body, but cannot kill the soul; but fear rather him who can destroy both soul and body in Gehenna.

The man stretched it out, and it had become sound like the other. But when the Pharisees came out, they consulted together how they might destroy him.

"He will utterly destroy those wretches," they answered, "and will entrust his vineyard to other vine-dressers, who will pay back the fruits to him in their season."

However, at last two came forward who said, "This fellow declared, 'I can destroy the Temple of God and build it in three days.'"

But the chief priests and the elders urged the crowds to ask for Barabbas, and to destroy Jesus.

"You who were going to destroy the Temple and build it in three days, save yourself! If you are the Son of God, come down from the cross!"