In the days of Herod, king of Judea, there was a priest named Zechariah, of the division of Abijah; and he had a wife of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth.

Now while he was serving as priest before God when his division was on duty,

And he charged him to tell no one, "But go and show yourself to the priest, and make an offering for your cleansing as a testimony to them, just as Moses commanded."

And no one puts new wine into old wineskins; if he does, the new wine will burst the skins and it will be spilled, and the skins will be ruined.

Now by chance a priest was going down that road, and when he saw him he passed by on the other side.

But the tax collector, standing far off, would not even lift up his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, 'God, be merciful to me a sinner!'

And one of them struck the servant of the high priest and cut off his right ear.

Then they seized him and led him away, bringing him into the high priest's house. Peter followed at a distance.