7 He was hard pressed,+ and he was letting himself be afflicted;+ yet he would not open his mouth. He was being brought just like a sheep* to the slaughtering;+ and like a ewe that before her shearers has become mute, he also would not open his mouth.+
12 Then I said to them:* “If it is good in YOUR eyes,+ give [me] my wages; but if not, refrain.” And they proceeded to pay* my wages, thirty pieces of silver.+