Hos 4:6, Mic 3:11, Mal 2:4-8, Mat 15:14, 27:1, 41, Joh 11:49-53 | ESV | STEP | My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge ; because you have rejected knowledge , I reject you from being a priest to me. And since you have forgotten the law of your God , I also will forget your children .

Hosea 4:6

6 My people are destroyed ^afor lack of knowledge;
^bbecause you have rejected knowledge,
I reject you ^cfrom being a priest to me.
And since you have forgotten the law of your God,
^dI also will forget your children.

Micah 3:11

11 ^eIts heads give judgment for a bribe;
^fits priests teach for a price;
^gits prophets practice divination for money;
^hyet they lean on the Lord and ⁱsay,
“Is not the Lord in the midst of us?
^jNo disaster shall come upon us.”

Malachi 2:4-8

4 So shall you know that I have sent ^kthis command to you, that ^lmy covenant with Levi may stand, says the Lord of hosts. 5 My covenant with him was one of life and ^mpeace, and I gave them to him. ⁿIt was a covenant of fear, and he feared me. He stood in awe of my name. 6 ^oTrue instruction ^{▼▼Or law; also verses 7, 8, 9} was in his mouth, and no wrong was found on his lips. He walked with me in peace and uprightness, and he ^qturned many from iniquity. 7 For ^rthe lips of a priest should guard knowledge, and people ^{▼▼Hebrew they} should seek instruction from his mouth, for he is the messenger of the Lord of hosts. 8 But you have turned aside from the way. ^tYou have caused many to stumble by your instruction. You have corrupted ^uthe covenant of Levi, says the Lord of hosts,

Matthew 15:14

14 Let them alone; ^vthey are blind guides. ^{▼▼Some manuscripts add of the blind} And ^xif the blind lead the blind, both will fall into a pit.”

Matthew 27:1

Jesus Delivered to Pilate

1 ^yWhen morning came, all the chief priests and the elders of the people ^ztook counsel against Jesus to put him to death.

Matthew 27:41

41 So also the chief priests, with the scribes and elders, mocked him, saying,

John 11:49-53

49 But one of them, ^aaCaiaphas, ^abwho was high priest that year, said to them, “You know nothing at all. 50 Nor do you understand that ^acit is better for you that one man should die for the people, not that the whole nation should perish.” 51 He did not say this of his own accord, but ^adbeing high priest that year ^aehe prophesied that Jesus would die for the nation, 52 and ^afnot for the nation only, but also ^agto gather into one the children of God who are scattered abroad. 53 So from that day on they ^ahmade plans to put him to death.