And He *said to them, “Is it lawful to do good on the Sabbath or to do harm, to save a life or to kill?” But they kept silent.

And He began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders and the chief priests and the scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise from the dead.

It has often thrown him both into the fire and into the water to kill him. But if You can do anything, take pity on us and help us!”

For He was teaching His disciples and telling them, “The Son of Man is to be handed over to men, and they will kill Him; and when He has been killed, He will rise three days later.”

And they will mock Him and spit on Him, and flog Him and kill Him; and three days later He will rise from the dead.”

And he sent another, and that one they killed; and so with many others, beating some and killing others.

But those vine-growers said to one another, ‘This is the heir; come, let’s kill him, and the inheritance will be ours!’

And they took him and killed him, and threw him out of the vineyard.

Death Plot and Anointing

Now the Passover and Festival of Unleavened Bread were two days away; and the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how to arrest Him covertly and kill Him;