King James Version (KJV)

Matthew 12:14

“Then the Pharisees went out, and held a council against him, how they might destroy him.”

Verse in context — Matthew 12

‹How much then is a man better than a sheep? Wherefore it is lawful to do well on the sabbath days.›

Then saith he to the man, ‹Stretch forth thine hand.› And he stretched [it] forth; and it was restored whole, like as the other.

Then the Pharisees went out, and held a council against him, how they might destroy him.

But when Jesus knew [it], he withdrew himself from thence: and great multitudes followed him, and he healed them all;

And charged them that they should not make him known:

Jesus as the promised Messiah, fulfilling Old Testament prophecy.