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Mark 12:13

New International Reader's Version

Later the religious leaders sent some of the Pharisees and Herodians to Jesus. They wanted to trap him with his own words.

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Proud people have hidden their traps to catch me. They have spread out their nets. They have set traps for me along my path.

Those who are trying to kill me set their traps. Those who want to harm me talk about destroying me. All day long they make their plans and tell their lies.

Without any proof, they claim that a person is guilty. In court they try to trap the one who speaks up for others. By using dishonest witnesses they keep people who aren’t guilty from being treated fairly.

They said, “Come on. Let’s make plans against Jeremiah. We’ll still have priests to teach us the law. We’ll always have wise people to give us advice. We’ll have prophets to bring us messages from the Lord. So come on. Let’s speak out against Jeremiah. We shouldn’t pay any attention to what he says.”

“Be careful,” Jesus said to them. “Watch out for the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”

They came to him and said, “Teacher, we know that you are a man of honor. You don’t let other people tell you what to do or say. You don’t care how important they are. But you teach the way of God truthfully. Is it right to pay the royal tax to Caesar or not?

Then the Pharisees went out and began to make plans with the Herodians. They wanted to kill Jesus.

“Be careful,” Jesus warned them. “Watch out for the yeast of the Pharisees. And watch out for the yeast of Herod.”

They set traps for him. They wanted to catch him in something he might say.




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