A moment in scripture
Matthew 28:14
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And if this come to the governor’s ears, we will persuade him, and secure you.
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The surrounding passage
- Matthew 28:12
And when they were assembled with the elders, and had taken counsel, they gave large money unto the soldiers,
- Matthew 28:13
Saying, Say ye, His disciples came by night, and stole him away while we slept.
- Matthew 28:15
So they took the money, and did as they were taught: and this saying is commonly reported among the Jews until this day.
- Matthew 28:16
Then the eleven disciples went away into Galilee, into a mountain where Jesus had appointed them.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.