they sent: The profound malice of the Pharisees appears here in their choice of companions, their affected praise, and the artful and difficult questions they proposed.
the Herodians: Matthew 16:11-12; Mark 3:6, Mark 8:15
Master: Matthew 22:24, Matthew 22:26, Matthew 26:18, Matthew 26:49; Mark 10:17; Luke 7:40
we know: Psalms 5:9, Psalms 12:2, Psalms 55:21; Proverbs 29:5; Isaiah 59:13-15; Jeremiah 9:3-5; Ezekiel 33:30-31