those who bear false testimony against a person, who entrap the one who arbitrates at the city gate and deprive the innocent of justice by making false charges.

Then some people said, "Come on! Let us consider how to deal with Jeremiah! There will still be priests to instruct us, wise men to give us advice, and prophets to declare God's word. Come on! Let's bring charges against him and get rid of him! Then we will not need to pay attention to anything he says."

Then the Pharisees went out and planned together to entrap him with his own words.

plotting against him, to catch him in something he might say.

Then they watched him carefully and sent spies who pretended to be sincere. They wanted to take advantage of what he might say so that they could deliver him up to the authority and jurisdiction of the governor.

Herodians

So the Pharisees went out immediately and began plotting with the Herodians, as to how they could assassinate him.

And Jesus ordered them, "Watch out! Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and the yeast of Herod!"

"Watch out," Jesus said to them, "beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees."

General references

Pray that the Lord your God will tell us where we should go and what we should do."