King James Version (KJV)
Matthew 26:61
“And said, This [fellow] said, I am able to destroy the temple of God, and to build it in three days.”
Verse in context — Matthew 26
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Now the chief priests, and elders, and all the council, sought false witness against Jesus, to put him to death;
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But found none: yea, though many false witnesses came, [yet] found they none. At the last came two false witnesses,
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And said, This [fellow] said, I am able to destroy the temple of God, and to build it in three days.
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And the high priest arose, and said unto him, Answerest thou nothing? what [is it which] these witness against thee?
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But Jesus held his peace. And the high priest answered and said unto him, I adjure thee by the living God, that thou tell us whether thou be the Christ, the Son of God.
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