63. And the men who were guarding him began to mock him while they beat him,
64. and after blindfolding him they repeatedly asked him, saying, “Prophesy! Who is the one who struck you?”
65. And they were saying many other things against him, reviling him.
66. And when day came, the council of elders of the people gathered, both chief priests and scribes, and they led him away to their Sanhedrin,
67. saying, “If you are the Christ, tell us!” But he said to them, “If I tell you, you will never believe,
68. and if I ask you, you will never answer!
69. But from now on the Son of Man will be seated at the right hand of the power of God.”
70. So they all said, “Are you then the Son of God?” And he said to them, “You say that I am.”
71. And they said, “Why do we have need of further testimony? For we ourselves have heard it from his mouth!”