So the king said to him, ‘And you are to be over five cities.’

They were both righteous in the sight of God, following all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blamelessly.

He will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and his kingdom will never end.”

Now one Sabbath when Jesus went to dine at the house of a leader of the Pharisees, they were watching him closely.

But his citizens hated him and sent a delegation after him, saying, ‘We do not want this man to be king over us!’

So Jesus said to them, “The kings of the Gentiles lord it over them, and those in authority over them are called ‘benefactors.’

Not so with you; instead the one who is greatest among you must become like the youngest, and the leader like the one who serves.

In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, when Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, and Herod was tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip was tetrarch of the region of Iturea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias was tetrarch of Abilene,

But Jesus replied, “Woe to you experts in religious law as well! You load people down with burdens difficult to bear, yet you yourselves refuse to touch the burdens with even one of your fingers!

Then they watched him carefully and sent spies who pretended to be sincere. They wanted to take advantage of what he might say so that they could deliver him up to the authority and jurisdiction of the governor.