18 And they proceeded to say: “Come, men, and let us think out against Jeremiah some thoughts,+ for the law will not perish from the priest+ or counsel from the wise one or the word from the prophet.+ Come and let us strike him with the tongue,+ and let us pay no attention to any of his words.”

2 “Woe to those who are scheming what is harmful, and to those practicing what is bad, upon their beds!+ By the light of the morning they proceed to do it,+ because it is in the power of their hand.+

7 The scribes and the Pharisees were now watching+ him closely to see whether he would cure on the sabbath, in order to find some way to accuse him.+

20 And, after observing him closely, they sent out men secretly hired to pretend that they were righteous, in order that they might catch+ him in speech, so as to turn him over to the government and to the authority of the governor.+