21 But you should select from the people capable men+ fearing God, trustworthy men hating dishonest profit,+ and appoint these over them as chiefs over thousands, chiefs over hundreds, chiefs over fifties, and chiefs over tens.+ 22 They should judge the people when cases arise,* and they will bring every difficult case to you,+ but every minor case they will decide. Make it easier for yourself by letting them share the load along with you.+

34 Jesus answered them: “Is it not written in your Law, ‘I said: “You are gods”’?+ 35 If he called ‘gods’+ those against* whom the word of God came—and yet the scripture cannot be nullified—