Then the Pharisees went out and conspired to trap Jesus in His words.Then the Pharisees went and took counsel how they might entrap him in his talk.Then went the Pharisees, and took counsel how they might entangle him in his talk.Then went the Pharisees, and took counsel how they might ensnare him in his talk.
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This is the word of the Lord. Thanks be to God. So, what's the controversial topic? Taxes. The Pharisees asked Jesus a question about taxes. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar or not? Now, this is no innocent question. Just think for a moment about the stakes that came with how Jesus should answer it. On the one hand, if Jesus says to them, No, you shouldn't pay taxes, then suddenly he's opened himself up to the accusation of sedition, rebellion. He'd be seen as somebody who's opposing Rome, and so that could seal his fate before its time. On the other hand, if he says, yeah, pay your taxes, nothing wrong with that, then he alienates those among his tribe who are more nationalist and they're thinking, no, you shouldn't be doing that. We're not going to kowtow to awful Rome. And so in that case, he'll lose credibility with a number of his followers. So what should Jesus do? Either answer, either way that he responds to the question, it's going to get something wrong in the eyes of those who oppose him. …
… and they pick up on some of these same themes. But I want you to turn to Matthew chapter 22, verse 15 in your Bible. And there we read that the Pharisees, then the Pharisees met together to find a way to trap Jesus in his words. Met together to find a way to trap Jesus in his words. All right, so at the end of the sermon, I'm gonna talk to you about a big announcement I made in my e-note this last Friday about possibly considering a run for the United States Senate from the state of Kansas. I'll talk more about that at the very end of my sermon today. But I've been learning things in the process. LaVonna and I have been discerning, talking. We've been, you know, talking to people. And I'm learning stuff I'd never known about politics. So at one point, somebody said to me a couple of weeks ago, well, if you finally announce that you're running, or maybe even when you announce that you're thinking about it, you're probably going to have a tracker assigned to you by, you know, by the opposition. …
… And they pick up on some of these same themes. But I want you to turn to Matthew chapter 22, verse 15 in your Bible. And there we read that the Pharisees, then the Pharisees met together to find a way to trap Jesus in his words. Met together to find a way to trap Jesus in his words. All right, so at the end of the sermon, I'm gonna talk to you about a big announcement I made in my e-note this last Friday about possibly considering a run for the United States Senate from the state of Kansas. I'll talk more about that at the very end of my sermon today. But I've been learning things in the process. LaVonna and I have been discerning, talking. We've been talking to people and I'm learning stuff I'd never known about politics. So at one point, Somebody said to me a couple of weeks ago, well, if you finally announce that you're running, or maybe even when you announce that you're thinking about it, you're probably going to have a tracker assigned to you by the opposition. I'm like, what are you talking about? A tracker? …