Mark 12:13

They sent some of the Pharisees and the Herodians to him, that they might trap him with words.

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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

12They tried to seize him, but they feared the multitude; for they perceived that he spoke the parable against them. They left him and went away.

14When they had come, they asked him, “Teacher, we know that you are honest, and don’t defer to anyone; for you aren’t partial to anyone, but truly teach the way of God. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?

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Cross References

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

Isaiah 29:21who cause a person to be indicted by a word, and lay a snare for one who reproves in the gate, and who deprive the innocent of justice with false testimony.

Matthew 16:6Jesus said to them, “Take heed and beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”

Mark 3:6The Pharisees went out, and immediately conspired with the Herodians against him, how they might destroy him.

Luke 11:54lying in wait for him, and seeking to catch him in something he might say, 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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