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And there was a widow in that town who kept appealing to him, ‘Give me justice against my adversary.’

When the scribes and chief priests realized that Jesus had spoken this parable against them, they sought to arrest Him that very hour. But they were afraid of the people.

Then He told them, “Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom.

Then He told them, “Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom.

How miserable those days will be for pregnant and nursing mothers! For there will be great distress upon the land and wrath against this people.

Then Jesus said to the chief priests, temple officers, and elders who had come for Him, “Have you come out with swords and clubs as you would against an outlaw?

And they said many other blasphemous things against Him.

Then Pilate said to the chief priests and the crowds, “I find no basis for a charge against this man.”

…and said to them, “You brought me this man as one who was inciting the people to rebellion. I have examined Him here in your presence and found Him not guilty of your charges against Him.

I am not speaking about all of you; I know whom I have chosen. But this is to fulfill the Scripture: ‘The one who shares My bread has lifted up his heel against Me.’

Leaning back against Jesus, he asked, “Lord, who is it?”

So Pilate went out to them and asked, “What accusation are you bringing against this man?”

“What is truth?” Pilate asked. And having said this, he went out again to the Jews and told them, “I find no basis for a charge against Him.

Once again Pilate came out and said to the Jews, “Look, I am bringing Him out to you to let you know that I find no basis for a charge against Him.”

As soon as the chief priests and officers saw Him, they shouted, “Crucify Him! Crucify Him!” “You take Him and crucify Him,” Pilate replied, “for I find no basis for a charge against Him.”

Peter turned and saw the disciple whom Jesus loved following them. He was the one who had leaned back against Jesus at the supper to ask, “Lord, who is going to betray You?”

The kings of the earth take their stand and the rulers gather together against the Lord and against His Anointed One.’

The kings of the earth take their stand and the rulers gather together against the Lord and against His Anointed One.’

In fact, this is the very city where Herod and Pontius Pilate conspired with the Gentiles and the people of Israel against Your holy servant Jesus, whom You anointed.

But if it is from God, you will not be able to stop them. You may even find yourselves fighting against God.”

In those days when the disciples were increasing in number, the Grecian Jews among them began to grumble against the Hebraic Jews because their widows were being overlooked in the daily distribution of food.

Then they prompted some men to say, “We heard Stephen speak words of blasphemy against Moses and against God.”

Then they prompted some men to say, “We heard Stephen speak words of blasphemy against Moses and against God.”

…where they presented false witnesses who said, “This man never stops speaking against this holy place and against the law.

…where they presented false witnesses who said, “This man never stops speaking against this holy place and against the law.

Falling on his knees, he cried out in a loud voice, “Lord, do not hold this sin against them.” And when he had said this, he fell asleep.

And Saul was there, giving approval to Stephen’s death. On that day a great persecution broke out against the church in Jerusalem, and all except the apostles were scattered throughout Judea and Samaria.

Meanwhile, Saul was still breathing out murderous threats against the disciples of the Lord. He approached the high priest

Now look, the hand of the Lord is against you, and for a time you will be blind and unable to see the light of the sun.” Immediately mist and darkness came over him, and he groped about, seeking someone to lead him by the hand.

The Jews, however, incited the religious women of prominence and the leading men of the city. They stirred up persecution against Paul and Barnabas and drove them out of their district.

So they shook the dust off their feet in protest against them and went to Iconium.

But the unbelieving Jews stirred up the Gentiles and poisoned their minds against the brothers.

The crowd joined in the attack against Paul and Silas, and the magistrates ordered that they be stripped and beaten with rods.

So if Demetrius and his fellow craftsmen have a complaint against anyone, the courts are open and proconsuls are available. Let them bring charges against one another there.

So if Demetrius and his fellow craftsmen have a complaint against anyone, the courts are open and proconsuls are available. Let them bring charges against one another there.

…where he stayed three months. And when the Jews formed a plot against him as he was about to sail for Syria, he decided to go back through Macedonia.

…crying out, “Men of Israel, help us! This is the man who teaches everyone everywhere against our people and against our law and against this place. Furthermore, he has brought Greeks into the temple and defiled this holy place.”

…crying out, “Men of Israel, help us! This is the man who teaches everyone everywhere against our people and against our law and against this place. Furthermore, he has brought Greeks into the temple and defiled this holy place.”

…crying out, “Men of Israel, help us! This is the man who teaches everyone everywhere against our people and against our law and against this place. Furthermore, he has brought Greeks into the temple and defiled this holy place.”

…the commander ordered that Paul be brought into the barracks. He directed that Paul be flogged and interrogated to determine the reason for this outcry against him.

…and since I wanted to understand their charges against him, I brought him down to their Sanhedrin.

When I was informed that there was a plot against the man, I sent him to you at once. I also instructed his accusers to present their case against him before you.

When I was informed that there was a plot against the man, I sent him to you at once. I also instructed his accusers to present their case against him before you.

Five days later the high priest Ananias came down with some elders and a lawyer named Tertullus, who presented to the governor their case against Paul.

By examining him yourself, you will be able to learn the truth about all our charges against him.”

Nor can they prove to you any of their charges against me.

…who ought to appear before you and bring charges, if they have anything against me.

…where the chief priests and Jewish leaders presented their case against Paul. They urged Festus

…to grant them a concession against Paul by summoning him to Jerusalem, because they were preparing an ambush to kill him along the way.

Then Paul made his defense: “I have committed no offense against the law of the Jews or against the temple or against Caesar.”

Then Paul made his defense: “I have committed no offense against the law of the Jews or against the temple or against Caesar.”

Then Paul made his defense: “I have committed no offense against the law of the Jews or against the temple or against Caesar.”

If, however, I am guilty of anything worthy of death, I do not refuse to die. But if there is no truth to their accusations against me, no one has the right to hand me over to them. I appeal to Caesar!”

While I was in Jerusalem, the chief priests and elders of the Jews presented their case and requested a judgment against him.

I told them that it is not the Roman custom to hand a man over before he has had an opportunity to face his accusers and defend himself against their charges.

For it seems unreasonable to me to send on a prisoner without specifying the charges against him.”

“King Agrippa, I consider myself fortunate to stand before you today to defend myself against all the accusations of the Jews,

And that is what I did in Jerusalem. With authority from the chief priests I put many of the saints in prison, and when they were condemned to death, I cast my vote against them.

I frequently had them punished in the synagogues, and I tried to make them blaspheme. In my raging fury against them, I even went to foreign cities to persecute them.

We all fell to the ground, and I heard a voice say to me in Hebrew, ‘Saul, Saul, why do you persecute Me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.’

After putting out from there, we sailed to the lee of Cyprus because the winds were against us.

After three days, he called together the leaders of the Jews. When they had gathered, he said to them, “Brothers, although I have done nothing against our people or the customs of our fathers, I was taken prisoner in Jerusalem and handed over to the Romans.

They examined me and wanted to release me, because there was no basis for a death sentence against me.

But when the Jews objected, I was compelled to appeal to Caesar, even though I have no charge to bring against my nation.

But we consider your views worth hearing, because we know that people everywhere are speaking against this sect.”

The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of men who suppress the truth by their wickedness.

And we know that God’s judgment against those who do such things is based on truth.

But because of your hard and unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed.

…you, then, who teach others, do you not teach yourself? You who preach against stealing, do you steal?

Blessed is the man whose sin the Lord will never count against him.”

Against all hope, Abraham in hope believed and so became the father of many nations, just as he had been told, “So shall your offspring be.”

But I see another law at work in my body, warring against the law of my mind and holding me captive to the law of sin that dwells within me.

What then shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?

Who will bring any charge against God’s elect? It is God who justifies.

God did not reject His people, whom He foreknew. Do you not know what the Scripture says about Elijah, how he appealed to God against Israel:

If any of you has a grievance against another, how dare he go to law before the unrighteous instead of before the saints!

Instead, one brother goes to law against another, and this in front of unbelievers!

Instead, you yourselves cheat and do wrong, even against your own brothers!

Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin a man can commit is outside his body, but he who sins sexually sins against his own body.

By sinning against your brothers in this way and wounding their weak conscience, you sin against Christ.

By sinning against your brothers in this way and wounding their weak conscience, you sin against Christ.

Therefore, whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of sinning against the body and blood of the Lord.

…that God was reconciling the world to Himself in Christ, not counting men’s trespasses against them. And He has committed to us the message of reconciliation.

We demolish arguments and every presumption set up against the knowledge of God; and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.

For we cannot do anything against the truth, but only for the truth.

…gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law.

Put on the full armor of God, so that you can make your stand against the devil’s schemes.

For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this world’s darkness, and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.

For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this world’s darkness, and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.

For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this world’s darkness, and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.

For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this world’s darkness, and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.

For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this world’s darkness, and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.

…having canceled the debt ascribed to us in the decrees that stood against us. He took it away, nailing it to the cross!

Such restrictions indeed have an appearance of wisdom, with their self-prescribed worship, their false humility, and their harsh treatment of the body; but they are of no value against the indulgence of the flesh.

Bear with one another and forgive any complaint you may have against someone else. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.

…and with every wicked deception directed against those who are perishing, because they refused the love of the truth that would have saved them.

Do not entertain an accusation against an elder, except on the testimony of two or three witnesses.

At my first defense, no one stood with me, but everyone deserted me. May it not be charged against them.

In your struggle against sin, you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood.

Brothers, do not slander one another. Anyone who speaks against his brother or judges him speaks against the law and judges it. And if you judge the law, you are not a practitioner of the law, but a judge of it.