³⁷ After this man, Judas of Galilee rose up in the days of the enrollment, and drew away some people after him. He also perished, and all, as many as obeyed him, were scattered abroad.

¹ Now it happened in those days, that a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be enrolled.

² This was the first enrollment made when Quirinius was governor of Syria.

⁵ That the triumphing of the wicked is short, The joy of the godless but for a moment?

⁶ Though his height mount up to the heavens, And his head reach to the clouds,

⁷ Yet he shall perish forever like his own dung, Those who have seen him shall say, 'Where is he?'

⁸ He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: Yes, he shall be chased away like a vision of the night.

⁹ The eye which saw him shall see him no more, Neither shall his place any more see him.

¹⁴ Behold, he travails with iniquity; Yes, he has conceived mischief, And brought forth falsehood.

¹⁵ He has dug a hole, And has fallen into the pit which he made.

¹⁵ The nations have sunk down in the pit that they made; In the net which they hid, their own foot is taken.

¹⁶ Yahweh has made himself known. He has executed judgment. The wicked is snared by the work of his own hands. Meditation. Selah.

⁵² Then Jesus said to him, "Put your sword back into its place, for all those who take the sword will die by the sword.

¹ Now there were some present at the same time who told him about the Galileans, whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices.

² Jesus answered them, "Do you think that these Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans, because they suffered such things?