² So they ^(A)watched Him closely, whether He would ^(B)heal him on the Sabbath, so that they might ^[a]accuse Him.

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^13 (B)Then they sent to Him some of the Pharisees and the Herodians, to catch Him in His words.

⁵⁴ lying in wait for Him, ^[a]and ^(A)seeking to catch Him in something He might say, ^[b]that they might accuse Him.

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14 Now it happened, as He went into the house of one of the rulers of the Pharisees to eat bread on the Sabbath, that they watched Him closely.

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^20 (B)So they watched Him, and sent spies who pretended to be righteous, that they might seize on His words, in order to deliver Him to the power and the authority of the governor.