But they were silent, for on the way they had argued with one another about who was the greatest.

Many scolded him to get him to be quiet, but he shouted all the more, “Son of David, have mercy on me!”

He answered, “I tell you, if they keep silent, the very stones will cry out!”

The crowd scolded them to get them to be quiet. But they shouted even more loudly, “Lord, have mercy on us, Son of David!”

Then he said to them, “Is it lawful to do good on the Sabbath, or evil, to save a life or destroy it?” But they were silent.

So he got up and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, “Be quiet! Calm down!” Then the wind stopped, and it was dead calm.

The Lord said to Paul by a vision in the night, “Do not be afraid, but speak and do not be silent,

But Jesus was silent. The high priest said to him, “I charge you under oath by the living God, tell us if you are the Christ, the Son of God.”

But he was silent and did not answer. Again the high priest questioned him, “Are you the Christ, the Son of the Blessed One?”

And now, because you did not believe my words, which will be fulfilled in their time, you will be silent, unable to speak, until the day these things take place.”