But Jesus, aware of their malice, said, “Why put me to the test, you hypocrites?
This they said to test him, that they might have some charge to bring against him. Jesus bent down and wrote with his finger on the ground.
and needed no one to bear witness about man, for he himself knew what was in man.
When Jesus perceived their thoughts, he answered them, “Why do you question in your hearts?
and I will strike her children dead. And all the churches will know that I am he who searches mind and heart, and I will give to each of you according to your works.
But Peter said to her, “How is it that you have agreed together to test the Spirit of the Lord? Behold, the feet of those who have buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out.”
But he perceived their craftiness, and said to them,
And behold, a lawyer stood up to put him to the test, saying, “Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?”
But Jesus, knowing the reasoning of their hearts, took a child and put him by his side
And he sent another, and him they killed. And so with many others: some they beat, and some they killed.
And immediately Jesus, perceiving in his spirit that they thus questioned within themselves, said to them, “Why do you question these things in your hearts?
And Pharisees came up to him and tested him by asking, “Is it lawful to divorce one's wife for any cause?”
And the Pharisees and Sadducees came, and to test him they asked him to show them a sign from heaven. He answered them, “When it is evening, you say, ‘It will be fair weather, for the sky is red.’ And in the morning, ‘It will be stormy today, for the sky is red and threatening.’ You know how to interpret the appearance of the sky, but you cannot interpret the signs of the times. An evil and adulterous generation seeks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah.” So he left them and departed.
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