Mark 12:11-13

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

¹²And 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

¹³Then 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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Footnotes

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.