The Pharisees heard that the Sadducees weren’t able to answer Jesus. So the Pharisees got together.

法利赛人听见耶稣堵住了撒都该人的口，他们就聚集。

法利赛人听见耶稣堵住了撒都该人的口，他们就聚集在一起。

法利赛人听见耶稣堵住了撒都该人的口，他们就聚集在一起。

法利赛人听见耶稣使撒都该人无言以对，就聚集在一起。

法利赛人听见耶稣使撒都该人无话可说，就聚集在一起。

法利赛人听说耶稣使撒都该人哑口无言，就聚集在一起。

法利賽人聽見耶穌堵住了撒都該人的口，他們就聚集。

法利賽人聽見耶穌堵住了撒都該人的口，他們就聚集在一起。

法利賽人聽見耶穌堵住了撒都該人的口，他們就聚集在一起。

法利賽人聽見耶穌使撒都該人無言以對，就聚集在一起。

法利賽人聽見耶穌使撒都該人無話可說，就聚集在一起。

但是法利賽人聽見耶穌籠住了撒都該人的口，就聚集在一處；

法利賽人聽說耶穌使撒都該人啞口無言，就聚集在一起。

法利賽人聞耶穌使撒都該人語塞、遂集、

𠵽唎㘔人聞耶穌使［口撒］吐𡀲人無辭以對、遂集、

法利賽人聞耶穌駁撒度該人、使之無辭以對、原文作塞撒度該人之口遂集、

法利塞人聞耶穌致撒杜責人語塞、亦會集其黨。

Hearing that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, the Pharisees got together.

But when the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together.

But when the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the Sadducees with his reply, they met together to question him again.

When the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the Sadducees, they came together.

But when the Pharisees heard that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together.

But when the Pharisees heard that He had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together.

But the Pharisees, when they heard that he had put the Sadducees to silence, gathered themselves together.

When the Pharisees heard that He had silenced the Sadducees, they came together in the same place.

But when the Pharisees had heard that he had put the Sadducees to silence, they were gathered together.

Now when the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the Sadducees, they assembled together.

But the Pharisees, when they heard that he had silenced the Sadducees, gathered themselves together.

One of the teachers of the law came and heard the Sadducees arguing. He noticed that Jesus had given the Sadducees a good answer. So he asked him,“ Which is the most important of all the commandments?”Jesus answered,“ Here is the most important one. Moses said,‘ Israel, listen to me. The Lord is our God. The Lord is one.Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul. Love him with all your mind and with all your strength.’( Deuteronomy 6:4, 5)And here is the second one.‘ Love your neighbor as you love yourself.’( Leviticus 19:18) There is no commandment more important than these.”

The people on the islands have seen that king coming. And it has made them afraid. People tremble with fear from one end of the earth to the other. They come and gather together.They help one another. They say to one another,“ Be strong!”One skilled worker makes a statue of a god. Another covers it with gold. The first worker says to the second,“ You have done a good job.” Another worker smooths out the metal with a hammer. Still another gives the statue its final shape. The one who hammers says to the one who shapes,“ You have done a good job.” Then they nail the statue down so it won’t fall over.

But the Pharisees went out and planned how to kill Jesus.

The foolish ones took their lamps but didn’t take any olive oil with them.The wise ones took oil in jars along with their lamps.The groom did not come for a long time. So the bridesmaids all grew tired and fell asleep.

When the captain of the temple guard and the chief priests heard this report, they were bewildered. They wondered what would happen next.Then someone came and said,“ Look! The men you put in jail are standing in the temple courtyard. They are teaching the people.”So the captain went with his officers and brought the apostles back. But they didn’t use force. They were afraid the people would kill them by throwing stones at them.They brought the apostles to the Sanhedrin. The high priest questioned them.“ We gave you clear orders not to teach in Jesus’ name,” he said.“ But you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching. You want to make us guilty of this man’s death.”

“ Fellow Israelites, help us!” they shouted.“ This is the man who teaches everyone in all places against our people. He speaks against our law and against this holy place. Besides, he has brought Greeks into the temple. He has made this holy place‘ unclean.’ ”They said this because they had seen Trophimus the Ephesian in the city with Paul. They thought Paul had brought him into the temple.The whole city was stirred up. People came running from all directions. They grabbed Paul and dragged him out of the temple. Right away the temple gates were shut.

At that time many people became very upset about the Way of Jesus.There was a man named Demetrius who made things out of silver. He made silver models of the temple of the goddess Artemis. He brought in a lot of business for the other skilled workers there.One day he called them together. He also called others who were in the same kind of business.“ My friends,” he said,“ you know that we make good money from our work.You have seen and heard what this fellow Paul is doing. He has talked to large numbers of people here in Ephesus. Almost everywhere in Asia Minor he has led people away from our gods. He says that the gods made by human hands are not gods at all.Our work is in danger of losing its good name. People’s faith in the temple of the great goddess Artemis will be weakened. Now she is worshiped all over Asia Minor and the whole world. But soon she will be robbed of her greatness.”When they heard this, they became very angry. They began shouting,“ Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”

Then the chief priests and the Pharisees called a meeting of the Sanhedrin.“ What can we do?” they asked.“ This man is performing many signs.If we let him keep on doing this, everyone will believe in him. Then the Romans will come. They will take away our temple and our nation.”One of the Jewish leaders spoke up. His name was Caiaphas. He was high priest at that time. He said,“ You don’t know anything at all!You don’t realize what is good for you. It is better if one man dies for the people than if the whole nation is destroyed.”