14 Then the Pharisees went out, and held a council against him, how they might destroy him.
15 But when Jesus knew it, he withdrew himself from thence : and
great multitudes followed him, and e healed them all ;
16 And he charged them that they should not make liim known :
17 That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying,
18 Behold my servant, whom I have
chosen : my beloved, in whom my soul is well pleased : I will put my spirit upon him, and he shall shew judg- ment to the Gentiles.
19 He shaU not strive, nor cry; neither shall any man hear his voice in the streets.
20 A bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench, till he send forth judgment unto victory.
21 And in his name shall the Gen- tiles trust.
The first thing which demands our notice in this pas- sage, is the desperate loickedness of the hwnan hearty which it exemplifies. Silenced and defeated by our Lord's arguments, the Pharisees plunged deeper and deeper into sin. They " went out and held a council against him how they might destroy him."