Mic 3:1-3, 7:2-4, Mat 23:34-36, 26:59-66, 27:1-2, 25-26, Act 7:52, 59 | ESV | STEP | And I said : Hear , you heads of Jacob and rulers of the house of Israel ! Is it not for you to know justice ?

Micah 3:1-3

Rulers and Prophets Denounced

1 And I said:
^aHear, you heads of Jacob
and rulers of the house of Israel!
^bIs it not for you to know justice?—
2 you ^cwho hate the good and love the evil,
^dwho tear the skin from off my people ^{▼▼Hebrew from off them}
and their flesh from off their bones,
3 ^fwho eat the flesh of my people,
and flay their skin from off them,
and break their bones in pieces
and chop them up like meat in a pot,
like flesh in a cauldron.

Micah 7:2-4

2 ^gThe godly has perished from the earth,
and ^hthere is no one upright among mankind;
ⁱthey all lie in wait for blood,
and ^jeach hunts the other with a net.
3 ^kTheir hands are on what is evil, to do it well;
^lthe prince and ^mthe judge ask for a bribe,
and the great man utters the evil desire of his soul;
thus they weave it together.
4 The best of them is ⁿlike a brier,
the most upright of them a thorn hedge.
The day of ^oyour watchmen, of your punishment, has come;
^pnow their confusion is at hand.

Matthew 23:34-36

34 ^qTherefore ^rI send you ^sprophets and wise men and ^tscribes, ^usome of whom you will kill and crucify, and ^vsome you will ^wflog in your synagogues and ^xpersecute from town to town, 35 so that on you may come all ^ythe righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous ^zAbel to the blood of ^aaZechariah the son of Barachiah, ^{▼▼Some manuscripts omit the son of Barachiah} whom you murdered between ^acthe sanctuary and ^adthe altar. 36 Truly, I say to you, ^aeall these things will come upon this generation.

Matthew 26:59-66

59 Now the chief priests and the whole council ^{▼▼Greek Sanhedrin} ^agwere seeking false testimony against Jesus that they might put him to death, 60 but they found none, ^ahthough many false witnesses came forward. At last ^aitwo came forward 61 and said, “This man said, ^aj‘I am able to ^akdestroy the temple of God, and to rebuild it in three days.’” 62 And the high priest stood up and said, “Have you no answer to make? What is it that these men testify against you?” ^{▼▼Or Have you no answer to what these men testify against you?} 63 ^amBut Jesus remained silent. ^anAnd the high priest said to him, ^ao“I adjure you by ^apthe living God, ^aqtell us if you are ^arthe Christ, ^asthe Son of God.” 64 Jesus said to him, ^at“You have said so. But I tell you, from now on ^auyou will see the Son of Man ^avseated at the right hand of Power and ^awcoming on the clouds of heaven.” 65 Then the high priest ^axtore his robes and said, ^ay“He has uttered blasphemy. What further witnesses do we need? You have now heard his blasphemy. 66 What is your judgment?” They answered, ^az“He deserves death.”

Matthew 27:1-2

Jesus Delivered to Pilate

1 ^baWhen morning came, all the chief priests and the elders of the people ^bbtook counsel against Jesus to put him to death. 2 And they bound him and ^bcled him away and ^bddelivered him over to ^bePilate the governor.

Matthew 27:25-26

25 And all the people answered, ^bf“His blood be on us and ^bgon our children!” 26 Then he released for them Barabbas, and having ^bhscourged ^{▼▼A Roman judicial penalty, consisting of a severe beating with a multi-lashed whip containing imbedded pieces of bone and metal} Jesus, delivered him to be crucified.

Acts 7:52

52 ^bjWhich of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? And they killed those who announced beforehand the coming of ^bkthe Righteous One, ^blwhom you have now betrayed and murdered,

Acts 7:59

59 And as they were stoning Stephen, ^bmhe called out, “Lord Jesus, ^bnreceive my spirit.”