# They said to him

Matthew does not make clear who answered Jesus. If you need to specify an audience you can translate as "The people said to Jesus."

# He will destroy those wretches wretchedly

"He will bring those bad people to a miserable end" or "He will make those bad people miserable." A "wretch" is a person who is either very unhappy (miserable) or evil (bad). This is probably a euphemism for killing. Alternate translation: "He will make those evil people die in misery" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-euphemism]])