February 27, 2013 at 12:00AM Mark 12:13-17 Day 3 These men came together in an effort to “catch Him in His words”. The word “catch” has the idea of “hunting, or of setting a trap to catch one’s prey”. They wanted to outsmart Jesus and get Him to say something that would get Him in trouble with either the Roman authorities or the common people. If they could get Jesus to offend Rome, they could label Him as an insurrectionist and Rome would take care of their problem for them. If they could discredit Jesus with the common people, He would lose His influence there. Either way, their problem would be solved. It is a tragedy when people seek to trap others so they can attack them. But, this happens far too often in our world. When a person listens to the words and watches the actions of another in an effort to find fault with them, that person has a serious spiritual problem. That is not the way of love. 1 Cor. 13:5, “…thinks no evil.” Literally, this phrase means, “takes no worthless inventory”. Are you taking ‘worthless inventory’ of others? Are you contributing to ‘worthless inventories’? Don't forget to share...