63 The men who were guarding Jesus made fun of him as they beat him.
64 They blindfolded him and said to him, “Tell us who hit you.”
65 They also insulted him in many other ways.
66 In the morning the council of the people’s leaders, the chief priests and the experts in Moses’ Teachings, gathered together. They brought Jesus in front of their highest court and asked him,
67 “Tell us, are you the Messiah?”Jesus said to them, “If I tell you, you won’t believe me.
68 And if I ask you, you won’t answer.
69 But from now on, the Son of Man will be in the highest position in heaven.”