But the Pharisees went out and plotted against him, as to how they could assassinate him.

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

The chief priests and the experts in the law heard it and they considered how they could assassinate him, for they feared him, because the whole crowd was amazed by his teaching.

Jesus was teaching daily in the temple courts. The chief priests and the experts in the law and the prominent leaders among the people were seeking to assassinate him,