I Kings 21:9
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In the letters she wrote: “Proclaim a fast and give Naboth a seat of honor among the people.
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You fast with contention and strife to strike viciously with your fist. You cannot fast as you do today and have your voice be heard on high.
And sending them to Bethlehem, he said: “Go and search carefully for the Child, and when you find Him, report to me, so that I too may go and worship Him.”
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the kingdom of heaven in men’s faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let in those who wish to enter.
They defraud widows of their houses, and for a show make lengthy prayers. These men will receive greater condemnation.”
Then they led Jesus away from Caiaphas into the Praetorium. By now it was early morning, and the Jews did not enter the Praetorium, to avoid being defiled and unable to eat the Passover.