Thematic Bible: Modern


Thematic Bible



And Jesus, when he was teaching in the Temple, said, How do the scribes say that the Christ is the Son of David?

And he got together all the chief priests and scribes of the people, questioning them as to where the birth-place of the Christ would be.

And his disciples, questioning him, said, Why then do the scribes say that Elijah has to come first?



But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the works of power which he did, and the children crying out in the Temple, Glory to the son of David, they were angry and said to him,

But there were certain of the scribes seated there, and reasoning in their hearts, Why does this man say such things? he has no respect for God: from whom does forgiveness come but from God only?


And the people, with the rulers and the scribes, were moved against him, and they came and took him before the Sanhedrin,

And on the day after, the rulers and those in authority and the scribes came together in Jerusalem;

And they sent for them, and gave them orders not to make statements or give teaching in the name of Jesus.


And one of them, a teacher of the law, put a question to him, testing him, and saying,

And one of the scribes came, and hearing their argument together, and seeing that he had given them a good answer, put the question to him, Which law is the first of all?


Then the chief priests and the rulers of the people came together in the house of the high priest, who was named Caiaphas.

And the chief priests and the scribes were there, making statements against him violently.


for he was teaching as one having authority, and not as their scribes.

And they were full of wonder at his teaching, because he gave it as one having authority, and not like the scribes.


Where is the wise? where is he who has knowledge of the law? where is the man of this world who has a love of discussion? has not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?


And in his teaching he said, Be on your watch against the scribes, whose pleasure it is to go about in long robes and be respected in the market-places, And to have the chief seats in the Synagogues and the first places at feasts;


A curse is on you, scribes and Pharisees, false ones! for you go about land and sea to get one disciple and, having him, you make him twice as much a son of hell as yourselves.




And there was a great outcry: and some of the scribes on the side of the Pharisees got up and took part in the discussion, saying, We see no evil in this man: what if he has had a revelation from an angel or a spirit?


Now the scribes and Pharisees came, with a woman who had been taken in the act of sinning against the married relation;


Basic English, produced by Mr C. K. Ogden of the Orthological Institute - public domain