A dispute also started ¹  among them over which of them was to be regarded as the greatest. ² 

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Now without dispute the inferior is blessed by the superior,

If controversy arises between people, ¹  they should go to court for judgment. When the judges ²  hear the case, they shall exonerate ³  the innocent but condemn ⁴  the guilty.

and you must not show partiality ¹  to a poor man in his lawsuit.

“You must not turn away justice for your poor people in their lawsuits.

When they have a dispute, ¹  it comes to me and I decide ²  between a man and his neighbor, and I make known the decrees of God and his laws.” ³ 

then both parties to the controversy must stand before the Lord, that is, before the priests and judges ¹  who will be in office in those days.

For people ¹  swear by something greater than themselves, ²  and the oath serves as a confirmation to end all dispute. ³ 

Now a dispute came about between some of John’s disciples and a certain Jew ¹  concerning ceremonial washing. ² 

Whatever has happened was foreordained, ¹  and what happens to a person ²  was also foreknown. It is useless for him to argue with God about his fate because God is more powerful than he is. ³ 

He told the elders, “Wait for us in this place until we return to you. Here are ¹  Aaron and Hur with you. Whoever has any matters of dispute ²  can approach ³  them.”

And have mercy on those who waver;

If someone wishes ¹  to contend ²  with him, he cannot answer ³  him one time in a thousand.

Starting a quarrel ¹  is like letting out water; ²  stop it before strife breaks out! ³ 

When he said this, ¹  an argument ²  began ³  between the Pharisees and the Sadducees, and the assembly was divided.

They judged the people under normal circumstances; the difficult cases they would bring ¹  to Moses, but every small case they would judge themselves.

“You must not follow a crowd ¹  in doing evil things; ²  in a lawsuit you must not offer testimony that agrees with a crowd so as to pervert justice, ³ 

Rather they had several points of disagreement ¹  with him about their own religion ²  and about a man named Jesus ³  who was dead, whom Paul claimed ⁴  to be alive.

When any of you has a legal dispute with another, does he dare go to court before the unrighteous rather than before the saints?