¹⁴ So I was like a man whose ears are shut, and in whose mouth there are no sharp words.

¹³ So the wise will say nothing in that time; for it is an evil time.

⁵ Put no faith in a friend, do not let your hope be placed in a relation: keep watch on the doors of your mouth against her who is resting on your breast.

³ And the chief priests said a number of things against him.

⁴ And Pilate again put a question, Do you say nothing in answer? see how much evil they say you have done.

⁵ But Jesus gave no more answers, so that Pilate was full of wonder.

⁶ They said this, testing him, so that they might have something against him. But Jesus, with his head bent down, made letters on the floor with his finger.