<p class="bodytext">Then<n id="1" /> they asked him,<n id="2" /> &#8220;Why do the experts in the law<n id="3" /> say that Elijah must come first?&#8221;

<t /><p class="bodytext">When they came to the disciples, they saw a large crowd around them and experts in the law<n id="1" /> arguing with them.

The people there<n id="1" /> were amazed by his teaching, because he taught them like one who had authority,<n id="2" /> not like the experts in the law.<n id="3" />

The experts in the law<n id="1" /> who came down from Jerusalem<n id="2" /> said, &#8220;He is possessed by Beelzebul,&#8221;<n id="3" /> and, &#8220;By the ruler<n id="4" /> of demons he casts out demons.&#8221;

<t /><p class="bodytext">They came again to Jerusalem.<n id="1" /> While Jesus<n id="2" /> was walking in the temple courts,<n id="3" /> the chief priests, the experts in the law,<n id="4" /> and the elders came up to him

<t /><p class="bodytext">While Jesus was teaching in the temple courts, he said, &#8220;How is it that the experts in the law<n id="1" /> say that the Christ<n id="2" /> is David&#8217;s son?<n id="3" />

<t /><p class="bodytext">Two days before the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the chief priests and the experts in the law<n id="1" /> were trying to find a way<n id="2" /> to arrest Jesus<n id="3" /> by stealth and kill him.

<t /><p class="bodytext">Then<n id="1" /> they led Jesus to the high priest, and all the chief priests and elders and experts in the law<n id="2" /> came together.

When the experts in the law<n id="1" /> and the Pharisees<n id="2" /> saw that he was eating with sinners and tax collectors, they said to his disciples, &#8220;Why does he eat with tax collectors and sinners?&#8221;<n id="3" />

The Pharisees and the experts in the law asked him, &#8220;Why do your disciples not live according to the tradition of the elders, but eat<n id="1" /> with unwashed hands?&#8221;

The chief priests and the experts in the law<n id="1" /> heard it and they considered how they could assassinate<n id="2" /> him, for they feared him, because the whole crowd was amazed by his teaching.