Jesus never tried to trap people, but His enemies tried to trap Him. Ultimately, they expressed their hatred in a night-time arrest, followed by an unfair trial without true evidence being presented leading to a corrupt sentence, physical violence and death. They hated Jesus so much that they wanted Him physically out of the way.
 

In Jesus’ day, the religious leaders were in two main groupings: Pharisees (who believed in an afterlife with a bodily resurrection), and the Sadducees (who did not).

The Pharisees were obsessed by rules. They believed that keeping the rules would earn them favour with God: the more diligent they were in their religious practices, the more God would be pleased, or so they thought. They had forgotten that God demanded that every law was kept perfectly all the time and that even the smallest sin was enough to invalidate their salvation. Yes, they had the sacrifices to atone for their sin temporarily, but there was no sacrifice for intentional sin.

In many cultures it is considered rude to say anything which other people might not agree with. It is important for communities to exercise social tolerance in order to bond together. However, when lies, error or falsehood of any kind is tolerated, the society bonds are weakened and the society will fragment. Jesus spoke directly about this problem to the crowds and His disciples. It was an essential part of His teaching to His trainee apostles who would, in the future, have to deal with false prophets trying to pull the church away from the truth of the gospel.