What Jesus Did! 'Baiting Another Trap?' — Mark 12:13

"The enemy of my enemy is my friend." This occasion was one where this old saying was true. The Pharisees didn't get along with supporters of Herod. In fact, they distrusted them and believed them to be unfaithful to God, the Jewish people, and the Torah. Their hatred of Jesus was so great that they compromised their principles and partnered with people they couldn't stand but who also wanted to eliminate Jesus. ^[1] Let's pray that we never find ourselves doing such a thing. If we are tempted to do so, let's re-evaluate our position. When we start making allies out of those who compromise and trade away what we hold dear, the problem does not lie with someone else we both loathe, but something within us.