¹⁶ Do not go about saying untrue things among your people, or take away the life of your neighbour by false witness: I am the Lord.

¹ Do not let a false statement go further; do not make an agreement with evil-doers to be a false witness.

⁷ Keep yourselves far from any false business; never let the upright or him who has done no wrong be put to death: for I will make the evil-doer responsible for his sin.

⁹ In you there are men who say evil of others, causing death; in you they have taken the flesh with the blood for food; in your streets they have put evil designs into effect.

¹⁹ He who goes about talking of the business of others gives away secrets: so have nothing to do with him whose lips are open wide.

¹³ He who goes about talking of others makes secrets public, but the true-hearted man keeps things covered.

³ Whose tongue is not false, who does no evil to his friend, and does not take away the good name of his neighbour;

¹¹ Then they got men to say, He has said evil against Moses and against God, in our hearing.

¹² And the people, with the rulers and the scribes, were moved against him, and they came and took him before the Sanhedrin,

¹³ And they got false witnesses who said, This man is for ever saying things against this holy place and against the law:

⁶⁰ And they were not able to get it, though a number of false witnesses came.

⁶¹ But later there came two who said, This man said, I am able to give the Temple of God to destruction, and to put it up again in three days.

⁴ Let everyone keep watch on his neighbour, and put no faith in any brother: for every brother will certainly be tricking his brother, and every neighbour will go about saying evil.

²⁸ All of them are turned away, going about with false stories; they are brass and iron: they are all workers of deceit.

¹⁰ And get two good-for-nothing persons to come before him and give witness that he has been cursing God and the king. Then take him out and have him stoned to death.

¹¹ So the responsible men and the chiefs who were in authority in his town, did as Jezebel had said in the letter she sent them.

¹² They gave orders for a day of public sorrow, and put Naboth at the head of the people.

¹³ And the two good-for-nothing persons came in and took their seats before him and gave witness against Naboth, in front of the people, saying, Naboth has been cursing God and the king. Then they took him outside the town and had him stoned to death.

¹ So putting away all wrongdoing, and all tricks and deceits and envies and evil talk,

³ That old women are to be self-respecting in behaviour, not saying evil of others, not given to taking much wine, teachers of that which is good,

³ Without natural love, bitter haters, saying evil of others, violent and uncontrolled, hating all good,

¹¹ Women are to be serious in behaviour, saying no evil of others, controlling themselves, true in all things.

⁴ But, so that I may not make you tired, I make a request to you of your mercy, to give hearing to a short statement.

⁵ For this man, in our opinion, is a cause of trouble, a maker of attacks on the government among Jews through all the empire, and a chief mover in the society of the Nazarenes:

⁶ Who, in addition, was attempting to make the Temple unclean: whom we took,

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⁸ And from whom you will be able, by questioning him yourself, to get knowledge of all the things which we say against him.

⁹ And the Jews were in agreement with his statement, saying that these things were so.

⁴ Saying, I have done wrong in giving into your hands an upright man. But they said, What is that to us? it is your business.

¹⁶ Do not give false witness against your neighbour.