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11 
This came about from the Lord,
And it is marvelous and wonderful in our eyes’?”(A)

12 And they were looking for a way to seize Him, but they were afraid of the crowd; for they knew that He spoke this parable in reference to [and as a charge against] them. And so they left Him and went away.

Jesus Answers the Pharisees, Sadducees and Scribes

13 Then they sent some of the [a]Pharisees and Herodians to Jesus in order to trap Him into making a statement [that they could use against Him].(B)

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  1. Mark 12:13 This was an unlikely alliance since the Pharisees were a strict religious sect while the Herodians were not religious and supported the rule of Caesar.

11 the Lord has done this,
    and it is marvelous in our eyes’[a]?”(A)

12 Then the chief priests, the teachers of the law and the elders looked for a way to arrest him because they knew he had spoken the parable against them. But they were afraid of the crowd;(B) so they left him and went away.(C)

Paying the Imperial Tax to Caesar(D)

13 Later they sent some of the Pharisees and Herodians(E) to Jesus to catch him(F) in his words.

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Footnotes

  1. Mark 12:11 Psalm 118:22,23