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

²⁰ for Herod feared John, knowing that he was a righteous and holy man, and kept him safe. When he heard him, he did many things, and he heard him gladly.

³⁵ He was the burning and shining lamp, and you were willing to rejoice for a while in his light.

⁴⁶ When they sought to seize him, they feared the multitudes, because they considered him to be a prophet.

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

⁹ But why did you go out? To see a prophet? Yes, I tell you, and much more than a prophet.

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

⁴¹ Many came to him. They said, "John indeed did no sign, but everything that John said about this man is true."

⁴² Many believed in him there.

²² His parents said these things because they feared the Jews; for the Jews had already agreed that if any man would confess him as Christ, he would be put out of the synagogue.

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

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.

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

¹² They tried to seize him, but they feared the multitude; for they perceived that he spoke the parable against them. They left him, and went away.

³² If we should say, 'From men'"--they feared the people, for all held John to really be a prophet.

¹¹ Of whom have you been afraid and in fear, that you lie, and have not remembered me, nor laid it to your heart? Haven't I held my peace even of long time, and you don't fear me?