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Luke 20:20-26
They watched him and sent out spies, who pretended to be righteous, that they might trap him in something he said, so as to deliver him up to the power and authority of the governor.They asked him,“ Teacher, we know that you say and teach what is right, and aren’t partial to anyone, but truly teach the way of God.Is it lawful for us to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?”But he perceived their craftiness, and said to them,“ Why do you test me?Show me a denarius. Whose image and inscription are on it?” They answered,“ Caesar’s.”He said to them,“ Then give to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.”They weren’t able to trap him in his words before the people. They marveled at his answer and were silent.
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Mark 12:13-17
They sent some of the Pharisees and the Herodians to him, that they might trap him with words.When 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?Shall we give, or shall we not give?” But he, knowing their hypocrisy, said to them,“ Why do you test me? Bring me a denarius, that I may see it.”They brought it. He said to them,“ Whose is this image and inscription?” They said to him,“ Caesar’s.”Jesus answered them,“ Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.” They marveled greatly at him.
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Psalms 56:5-7
All day long they twist my words. All their thoughts are against me for evil.They conspire and lurk, watching my steps. They are eager to take my life.Shall they escape by iniquity? In anger cast down the peoples, God.
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Psalms 2:2
The kings of the earth take a stand, and the rulers take counsel together, against Yahweh, and against his Anointed, saying,
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Psalms 59:3
For, behold, they lie in wait for my soul. The mighty gather themselves together against me, not for my disobedience, nor for my sin, Yahweh.
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Hebrews 12:3
For consider him who has endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, that you don’t grow weary, fainting in your souls.
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Jeremiah 20:10
For I have heard the defaming of many,“ Terror on every side! Denounce, and we will denounce him!” say all my familiar friends, those who watch for my fall.“ Perhaps he will be persuaded, and we will prevail against him, and we will take our revenge on him.”
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Psalms 41:6
If he comes to see me, he speaks falsehood. His heart gathers iniquity to itself. When he goes abroad, he tells it.
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Jeremiah 18:18
Then they said,“ Come! Let’s devise plans against Jeremiah; for the law won’t perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let’s strike him with the tongue, and let’s not give heed to any of his words.”
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Luke 11:53-54
As he said these things to them, the scribes and the Pharisees began to be terribly angry, and to draw many things out of him;lying in wait for him, and seeking to catch him in something he might say, that they might accuse him.
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Psalms 57:6
They have prepared a net for my steps. My soul is bowed down. They dig a pit before me. They fall into the middle of it themselves. Selah.
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Isaiah 29:21
who cause a person to be indicted by a word, and lay a snare for the arbiter in the gate, and who deprive the innocent of justice with false testimony.
