³⁶ And all the people took note of it and were pleased: like everything the king did, it was pleasing to the people.

⁶ And this Absalom did to everyone in Israel who came to the king to have his cause judged: so Absalom, like a thief, took away the hearts of the men of Israel.

¹³ And one came to David and said, The hearts of the men of Israel have gone after Absalom.

⁹ Truly men of low birth are nothing, and men of high position are not what they seem; if they are put in the scales together they are less than a breath.

³⁷ And they were overcome with wonder, saying, He has done all things well: he even gives back the power of hearing and the power of talking to those who have been without them.

¹¹ But the people were moved by the chief priests to make him let Barabbas go free.

¹² And Pilate again said in answer to them, What then am I to do to him to whom you give the name of the King of the Jews?

¹³ And they said again loudly, To the cross with him!