¹⁹ Then a teacher of the law came to him and said, “Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go.”

⁴⁶ After three days they found him in the temple courts, sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions.

Jesus Forgives and Heals a Paralyzed Man^(A)

¹⁷ One day Jesus was teaching, and Pharisees and teachers of the law^(B) were sitting there. They had come from every village of Galilee and from Judea and Jerusalem. And the power of the Lord was with Jesus to heal the sick.^(C)

³⁴ But a Pharisee named Gamaliel,^(A) a teacher of the law,^(B) who was honored by all the people, stood up in the Sanhedrin and ordered that the men be put outside for a little while.

⁷ They want to be teachers^(A) of the law, but they do not know what they are talking about or what they so confidently affirm.^(B)