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Luke 20:20-26
The religious leaders sent spies to keep a close watch on Jesus. The spies pretended to be sincere. They hoped they could trap Jesus with something he would say. Then they could hand him over to the power and authority of the governor.So the spies questioned Jesus.“ Teacher,” they said,“ we know that you speak and teach what is right. We know you don’t favor one person over another. You teach the way of God truthfully.Is it right for us to pay taxes to Caesar or not?”Jesus saw they were trying to trick him. So he said to them,“ Show me a silver coin. Whose picture and words are on it?”“ Caesar’s,” they replied.He said to them,“ Then give back to Caesar what belongs to Caesar. And give back to God what belongs to God.”They were not able to trap him with what he had said there in front of all the people. Amazed by his answer, they became silent.
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Mark 12:13-17
Later the religious leaders sent some of the Pharisees and Herodians to Jesus. They wanted to trap him with his own words.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?Should we pay or shouldn’t we?” But Jesus knew what they were trying to do. So he asked,“ Why are you trying to trap me? Bring me a silver coin. Let me look at it.”They brought the coin. He asked them,“ Whose picture is this? And whose words?”“ Caesar’s,” they replied.Then Jesus said to them,“ Give back to Caesar what belongs to Caesar. And give back to God what belongs to God.” They were amazed at him.
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Psalms 56:5-7
All day long they twist my words. They are always making plans to destroy me.They get together and hide. They watch my steps. They hope to kill me.Because they are so evil, make sure you don’t let them escape. God, bring down the nations in your anger.
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Psalms 2:2
The kings of the earth rise up against the Lord. The rulers of the earth join together against his anointed king.
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Psalms 59:3
See how they hide and wait for me! Lord, angry people plan to harm me, even though I haven’t hurt them in any way or sinned against them.
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Hebrews 12:3
He made it through these attacks by sinners. So think about him. Then you won’t get tired. You won’t lose hope.
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Jeremiah 20:10
I hear many people whispering,“ There is terror on every side! Bring charges against Jeremiah! Let’s bring charges against him!” All my friends are waiting for me to slip. They are saying,“ Perhaps he will be tricked into making a mistake. Then we’ll win out over him. We’ll get even with him.”
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Psalms 41:6
When one of them comes to see me, he says things that aren’t true. At the same time, he thinks up lies to tell against me. Then he goes out and spreads those lies around.
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Jeremiah 18:18
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.”
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Luke 11:53-54
When Jesus went outside, the Pharisees and the teachers of the law strongly opposed him. They threw a lot of questions at him.They set traps for him. They wanted to catch him in something he might say.
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Psalms 57:6
My enemies spread a net to catch me by the feet. I felt helpless. They dug a pit in my path. But they fell into it themselves.
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Isaiah 29:21
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.
