^28 (A)“You shall not revile God, nor curse a ^(B)ruler of your people.

^11 (A)Then they secretly induced men to say, “We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses and God.”

¹⁵ “Then you shall speak to the children of Israel, saying: ‘Whoever curses his God ^(A)shall ^[a]bear his sin. ¹⁶ And whoever ^(B)blasphemes the name of the Lord shall surely be put to death. All the congregation shall certainly stone him, the stranger as well as him who is born in the land. When he blasphemes the name of the Lord, he shall be put to death.

The Law Concerning Witnesses

^15 (A)“One witness shall not rise against a man concerning any iniquity or any sin that he commits; by the mouth of two or three witnesses the matter shall be established.

^13 [a]‘Corrupt men have gone out from among you and enticed the inhabitants of their city, saying, “Let us go and serve other gods” ’—which you have not known—

¹³ They also set up false witnesses who said, “This man does not cease to speak ^[a]blasphemous words against this holy place and the law;

³³ The Jews answered Him, saying, “For a good work we do not stone You, but for ^(A)blasphemy, and because You, being a Man, ^(B)make Yourself God.”

⁵⁹ Now the chief priests, ^[a]the elders, and all the council sought ^(A)false testimony against Jesus to put Him to death, ^60 [b]but found none. Even though ^(B)many false witnesses came forward, they found none. But at last ^(C)two ^[c]false witnesses came forward ⁶¹ and said, “This fellow said, ^(D)‘I am able to destroy the temple of God and to build it in three days.’ ”

^62 (E)And the high priest arose and said to Him, “Do You answer nothing? What is it these men testify against You?” ⁶³ But ^(F)Jesus kept silent. And the high priest answered and said to Him, ^(G)“I put You under oath by the living God: Tell us if You are the Christ, the Son of God!”

⁶⁴ Jesus said to him, “It is as you said. Nevertheless, I say to you, ^(H)hereafter you will see the Son of Man ^(I)sitting at the right hand of the Power, and coming on the clouds of heaven.”

^65 (J)Then the high priest tore his clothes, saying, “He has spoken blasphemy! What further need do we have of witnesses? Look, now you have heard His ^(K)blasphemy! ⁶⁶ What do you think?”

They answered and said, ^(L)“He is deserving of death.”