Thematic Bible: Slandered


Thematic Bible



and one of the elders saith to me, 'Weep not; lo, overcome did the Lion, who is of the tribe of Judah, the root of David, to open the scroll, and to loose the seven seals of it;

and lo, a woman, a Canaanitess, from those borders having come forth, did call to him, saying, 'Deal kindly with me, Sir -- Son of David; my daughter is miserably demonized.'


And all the multitudes were amazed, and said, 'Is this the Son of David?'

and the multitudes who were going before, and who were following, were crying, saying, 'Hosanna to the Son of David, blessed is he who is coming in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest.'

and many were rebuking him, that he might keep silent, but the more abundantly he cried out, 'Son of David, deal kindly with me.'

And Jesus answering said, teaching in the temple, 'How say the scribes that the Christ is son of David?

Did not the Writing say, that out of the seed of David, and from Bethlehem -- the village where David was -- the Christ doth come?'





And the Pharisees came near to him, tempting him, and saying to him, 'Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?'

Then the Pharisees having gone, took counsel how they might ensnare him in words,

and the Pharisees came forth, and began to dispute with him, seeking from him a sign from the heaven, tempting him;

And the Pharisees, having come near, questioned him, if it is lawful for a husband to put away a wife, tempting him,

and they send unto him certain of the Pharisees and of the Herodians, that they may ensnare him in discourse,

laying wait for him, and seeking to catch something out of his mouth, that they might accuse him.

And, having watched him, they sent forth liers in wait, feigning themselves to be righteous, that they might take hold of his word, to deliver him up to the rule and to the authority of the governor,

and this they said, trying him, that they might have to accuse him. And Jesus, having stooped down, with the finger he was writing on the ground,







so also the Christ did not glorify himself to become chief priest, but He who spake unto him: 'My Son thou art, I to-day have begotten thee;'




and began to accuse him, saying, 'This one we found perverting the nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Caesar, saying himself to be Christ a king.'

they set up also false witnesses, saying, 'This one doth not cease to speak evil sayings against this holy place and the law,


for having found this man a pestilence, and moving a dissension to all the Jews through the world -- a ringleader also of the sect of the Nazarenes --