18 And the chief priests and the scribes heard it and ^fwere seeking a way to destroy him, for they feared him, because ^gall the crowd was astonished at his teaching.

53 As he went away from there, the scribes and the Pharisees began to press him hard and to provoke him to speak about many things,

54 ^rlying in wait for him, ^sto catch him in something he might say.