Matthew 2:4

²³When he had come into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came to him as he was teaching, and said, “By what authority do you do these things? Who gave you this authority?”

⁹A great clamor arose, and some of the scribes of the Pharisees’ part stood up, and contended, saying, “We find no evil in this man. But if a spirit or angel has spoken to him, let’s not fight against God!”

¹²They stirred up the people, the elders, and the scribes, and came against him and seized him, then brought him in to the council,

²⁹for he taught them with authority, and not like the scribes.

⁵In the morning, their rulers, elders, and scribes were gathered together in Jerusalem.

³²The Pharisees heard the multitude murmuring these things concerning him, and the chief priests and the Pharisees sent officers to arrest him.

³The scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman taken in adultery. Having set her in the middle,

¹⁹The chief priests and the scribes sought to lay hands on him that very hour, but they feared the people—for they knew he had spoken this parable against them.

³Judas then, having taken a detachment of soldiers and officers from the chief priests and the Pharisees, came there with lanterns, torches, and weapons.

¹⁰Jesus answered him, “Are you the teacher of Israel, and don’t understand these things?