Mark 14:55–63
55Now the chief priests and the whole council sought witnesses against Jesus to put him to death, and found none.↗
56For many gave false testimony against him, and their testimony didn’t agree with each other.↗
57Some stood up and gave false testimony against him, saying,↗
58“We heard him say, ‘I will destroy this temple that is made with hands, and in three days I will build another made without hands.’”↗
59Even so, their testimony didn’t agree.↗
60The high priest stood up in the middle, and asked Jesus, “Have you no answer? What is it which these testify against you?”↗
61But he stayed quiet, and answered nothing. Again the high priest asked him, “Are you the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?”↗
62Jesus said,“I am. You will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of Power, and coming with the clouds of the sky.”↗
63The high priest tore his clothes and said, “What further need have we of witnesses?↗
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