Mark 12:13

And they send some of the Pharisees and of the Herodians to him, so that they might catch him in talk.

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

And they send unto him certain of the Pharisees and of the Herodians, to catch him in his words.

In Context

12And they sought to seize him. And they feared the multitude, for they knew that he spoke the parable against them. And having left him, they went away.

14And when they came, they say to him, Teacher, we have seen that thou are true, and it is not a care to thee about any man, for thou look not to a personage of men, but teach the way of God in truth. Is it permitted to give tribute

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Cross References

Psalms 56:5All the day long they wrest my words. All their thoughts are against me for evil.

Isaiah 29:21who make a man an offender in [his] cause, and lay a snare for him who reproves in the gate, and turn aside the just with a thing of nothing.

Matthew 16:6And Jesus said to them, Watch and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

Mark 3:6And the Pharisees having gone out, they straightaway were making a plot with the Herodians against him, how they might destroy him.

Luke 11:54waiting to ambush him, seeking to catch something out of his mouth so that they might accuse him.

Matthew Henry on Mark 12:2-13

The Vineyard and Husbandmen. 1 And he began to speak unto them by parables. A certain man planted a vineyard, and set a hedge about it, and digged a place for the winefat, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country. 2 And at the season he sent to the husbandmen a servant, that he might receive from the husbandmen of the fruit of the vineyard. 3 And they caught him, and beat him, and sent him away empty. 4 And again he sent unto them another servant; and at him they cast stones,… Read the whole commentary →

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