And he began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders and the chief priests and the scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again.

"Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem; and the Son of Man will be betrayed to the chief priests and the scribes, and they will condemn him to death, and deliver him to the Gentiles;

And the chief priests and the scribes heard it and sought a way to destroy him; for they feared him, because all the multitude was astonished at his teaching.

Then they came again to Jerusalem. And as he was walking in the temple, the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders came to him.

It was now two days before the Passover and the feast of Unleavened Bread. And the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how to arrest him by stealth, and kill him.

Then Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve, went to the chief priests to betray him to them.

And immediately, while he was still speaking, Judas came, one of the twelve, and with him a crowd with swords and clubs, from the chief priests and the scribes and the elders.

And they led Jesus to the high priest; and all the chief priests and the elders and the scribes were assembled.

Now the chief priests and the whole council sought testimony against Jesus to put him to death, but they found none.

Very early in the morning, the chief priests held a consultation with the elders and scribes and the whole council; and they bound Jesus, led him away, and delivered him to Pilate.

And the chief priests accused him of many things.

For he knew it was out of envy that the chief priests had handed Jesus over to him.

But the chief priests stirred up the crowd to have him release for them Barabbas instead.

So also the chief priests mocked him among themselves with the scribes, and said, "He saved others; he cannot save himself.