saying, Let us alone; what have we to do with thee, Jesus the Nazarean? art thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art; the Holy One of God.

Then said Jesus unto them, I will ask you a question; Is it lawful to do good on the sabbath-day, or to do evil? to preserve life or to destroy it?

For what advantage hath a man in gaining all the would, if he destroy himself, or be punished with the loss of life?

And when the disciples James and John saw it, they said, Lord, wilt thou that we command fire to come down from heaven and destroy them, just as Elias did?

for the Son of man came not to destroy men's lives, but to preserve them. And he proceeded to another village.

Sell all your possessions, and give in charity; make yourselves purses that wax not old, a treasure never failing in the heavens, where no thief approaches, nor doth the moth destroy.

And he continued daily teaching in the temple. Then the chief priests and the scribes sought to destroy him, with the heads of the people,

He will come and destroy these husbandmen, and give the vineyard to others. And when they heard it, they said God forbid.

And the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might destroy him; for they were afraid of the people.