World English Bible

Matthew 28:14

“If this comes to the governor's ears, we will persuade him and make you free of worry.”

Verse in context — Matthew 28

When they were assembled with the elders, and had taken counsel, they gave a large amount of silver to the soldiers,

saying, "Say that his disciples came by night, and stole him away while we slept.

If this comes to the governor's ears, we will persuade him and make you free of worry.

So they took the money and did as they were told. This saying was spread abroad among the Jews, and continues until this day.

But the eleven disciples went into Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had sent them.

Jesus as the promised Messiah, fulfilling Old Testament prophecy.