Remember what I told you: 'Slaves are not greater than their master.' If people persecuted me, they will persecute you too; if they obeyed my teaching, they will obey yours too.

He fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to him, "Saul, Saul! Why do you persecute me?"

"Who are you, Lord?" he asked. "I am Jesus, whom you persecute," the voice said.

But the man who had been healed did not know who Jesus was, for there was a crowd in that place, and Jesus had slipped away.

Moses gave you the Law, didn't he? But not one of you obeys the Law. Why are you trying to kill me?"

"You have a demon in you!" the crowd answered. "Who is trying to kill you?"

Some of the people of Jerusalem said, "Isn't this the man the authorities are trying to kill?

Once more they tried to seize Jesus, but he slipped out of their hands.

Then he said to the man with the paralyzed hand, "Stretch out your hand." He stretched it out, and it became well again, just like the other one.

So the Pharisees left the synagogue and met at once with some members of Herod's party, and they made plans to kill Jesus.

They were filled with rage and began to discuss among themselves what they could do to Jesus.