As they departed, Jesus said to the people, speaking of John, what did ye go to see in the desert? a reed shaken with the wind?

a bruised reed shall he not break, and smoaking flax shall he not quench, till he hath made justice victorious.

then pleating a crown of thorns, they set it on his head, and a reed in his right hand: and they bowed the knee before him, in mockery, saying, hail king of the Jews.

and they spit upon him, and took the reed, and smote him on the head.

for according as ye judge others, ye shall be judged yourselves: the measure you mete, shall be measured to you again.

Another of his parables was this; the gospel-state is like unto leaven, which a woman took and mixt with three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.

children that can't fail to fill up the measure of your fathers iniquities.

As soon as it was day, all the chief priests and senators of the people consulted measures against Jesus how they might put him to death.