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'False Witness' in the Bible

If a false witness makes a statement against a man, saying that he has done wrong,

Do not give me into their hands, because false witnesses have come out against me, and men breathing destruction.

False witnesses got up: they put questions to me about crimes of which I had no knowledge.

A false witness will not go without punishment, and the breather out of deceit will not go free.

A false witness will not go without punishment, and the breather out of deceit will be cut off.

He says to him, Which? And Jesus said, Do not put anyone to death, Do not be untrue in married life, Do not take what is not yours, Do not give false witness,

Now the chief priests and all the Sanhedrin were looking for false witness against Jesus, so that they might put him to death;

And they were not able to get it, though a number of false witnesses came.

For a number gave false witness against him and their witness was not in agreement.

Then some got up and gave false witness against him, saying,

And they got false witnesses who said, This man is for ever saying things against this holy place and against the law:

Yes, and we are seen to be false witnesses of God; because we gave witness of God that by his power Christ came again from the dead: which is not true if there is no coming back from the dead.

Basic English, produced by Mr C. K. Ogden of the Orthological Institute - public domain