Matthew 22:15-22
Year A
It’s a trap!
In our gospel lectionary from Matthew this week, Jesus finds himself in a trap. Perhaps it was the strange alliance of Pharisees with Herodians – two groups that generally worked at cross purposes, politically – that put Jesus on alert. Perhaps it was the heaped flattery that masked their opening salvo or his divine intuition. In any case, Jesus is very aware that these latest conversation...
