²⁶ Then the captain went with the officers, and brought them without violence, for they were afraid that the people might stone them.

¹³ None of the rest dared to join them, however the people honored them.

²¹ When they had further threatened them, they let them go, finding no way to punish them, because of the people; for everyone glorified God for that which was done.

⁵ When he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a prophet.

²⁶ But if we say, 'From men,' we fear the multitude, for all hold John as a prophet."

⁵ But they said, "Not during the feast, lest a riot occur among the people."

⁶ But if we say, 'From men,' all the people will stone us, for they are persuaded that John was a prophet."

¹⁹ The chief priests and the scribes sought to lay hands on Him that very hour, but they feared the people--for they knew He had spoken this parable against them.

² The chief priests and the scribes sought how they might put him to death, for they feared the people.

²⁴ Now when the high priest, the captain of the temple, and the chief priests heard these words, they were very perplexed about them and what might become of this.