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Pharisees
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Then Jesus spake to the multitudes, and to his disciples, — read the full passage →
`Woe to you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye give tithe of the mint, and the dill, and the cumin, and did neglect the weightier things of the Law--the judgment, and the kindness, and the faith; these it behoved <FI>you<Fi> to do, and those not to neglect.
`Woe to you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye go round the sea and the dry land to make one proselyte, and whenever it may happen--ye make him a son of gehenna twofold more than yourselves.
`For I say to you, that if your righteousness may not abound above that of the scribes and Pharisees, ye may not enter to the reign of the heavens.
And having seen many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming about his baptism, he said to them, `Brood of vipers! who did shew you to flee from the coming wrath?
`Woe to you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye make clean the outside of the cup and the plate, and within they are full of rapine and incontinence.
and Jesus said to them, `Beware, and take heed of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees;'
At which time the myriads of the multitude having been gathered together, so as to tread upon one another, he began to say unto his disciples, first, `Take heed to yourselves of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy;
`Woe to you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye shut up the reign of the heavens before men, for ye do not go in, nor those going in do ye suffer to enter.
for Sadducees, indeed, say there is no rising again, nor messenger, nor spirit, but Pharisees confess both.
and Paul having known that the one part are Sadducees, and the other Pharisees, cried out in the sanhedrim, `Men, brethren, I am a Pharisee--son of a Pharisee--concerning hope and rising again of dead men I am judged.'
and the Pharisees having seen, said to his disciples, `Wherefore with the tax-gatherers and sinners doth your teacher eat?'
and there rose up certain of those of the sect of the Pharisees who believed, saying--`It behoveth to circumcise them, to command them also to keep the law of Moses.'
Then they understood that he did not say to take heed of the leaven of the bread, but of the teaching, of the Pharisees and Sadducees.
And the Pharisees having gone forth, held a consultation against him, how they might destroy him,
Then come to him do the disciples of John, saying, `Wherefore do we and the Pharisees fast much, and thy disciples fast not?'
And the Pharisees and Sadducees having come, tempting, did question him, to shew to them a sign from the heaven,
`Woe to you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye are like to whitewashed sepulchres, which outwardly indeed do appear beautiful, and within are full of bones of dead men, and of all uncleanness;
whenever, therefore, thou mayest do kindness, thou mayest not sound a trumpet before thee as the hypocrites do, in the synagogues, and in the streets, that they may have glory from men; verily I say to you--they have their reward!
And the Lord said unto him, `Now do ye, the Pharisees, the outside of the cup and of the plate make clean, but your inward part is full of rapine and wickedness;
And a certain one of the Pharisees was asking him that he might eat with him, and having gone into the house of the Pharisee he reclined (at meat), — read the full passage →
`Woe to you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye eat up the houses of the widows, and for a pretence make long prayers, because of this ye shall receive more abundant judgment.
`And all their works they do to be seen by men, and they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the fringes of their garments,
And the Pharisees came near to him, tempting him, and saying to him, `Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?'
A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John,
And he spake also unto certain who have been trusting in themselves that they were righteous, and have been despising the rest, this simile: — read the full passage →
saying, `On the seat of Moses sat down the scribes and the Pharisees;
And the Pharisees, having come near, questioned him, if it is lawful for a husband to put away a wife, tempting him,
and he was charging them, saying, `Take heed, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, and of the leaven of Herod,'
Then his disciples having come near, said to him, `Hast thou known that the Pharisees, having heard the word, were stumbled?'
`Not every one who is saying to me Lord, lord, shall come into the reign of the heavens; but he who is doing the will of my Father who is in the heavens. — read the full passage →
how do ye not understand that I did not speak to you of bread--to take heed of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees?'
`Take heed of the scribes, who are wishing to walk in long robes, and are loving salutations in the markets, and first seats in the synagogues, and first couches in the suppers, — read the full passage →
and the Pharisees having seen, said to him, `Lo, thy disciples do that which it is not lawful to do on a sabbath.'
And the scribes and the Pharisees, having seen him eating with the tax-gatherers and sinners, said to his disciples, `Why--that with the tax-gatherers and sinners he doth eat and drink?'
did any one out of the rulers believe in him? or out of the Pharisees?
`Two men went up to the temple to pray, the one a Pharisee, and the other a tax-gatherer; — read the full passage →
Then the Pharisees having gone, took counsel how they might ensnare him in words,
On that day there came near certain Pharisees, saying to him, `Go forth, and be going on hence, for Herod doth wish to kill thee;'
And the chief priests and the Pharisees having heard his similes, knew that of them he speaketh,
And a certain one of the Pharisees was asking him that he might eat with him, and having gone into the house of the Pharisee he reclined (at meat),
`Woe to you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, and adorn the tombs of the righteous,
And there was a man of the Pharisees, Nicodemus his name, a ruler of the Jews,
And him who is weak in the faith receive ye--not to determinations of reasonings; — read the full passage →
And it came to pass, on his going into the house of a certain one of the chiefs of the Pharisees, on a sabbath, to eat bread, that they were watching him,
`Woe to you, the Pharisees, because ye love the first seats in the synagogues, and the salutations in the market-places.
And the Pharisees, having come near, questioned him, if it is lawful for a husband to put away a wife, tempting him, — read the full passage →
And having seen many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming about his baptism, he said to them, `Brood of vipers! who did shew you to flee from the coming wrath? — read the full passage →
which of the two did the will of the father?' They say to him, `The first.' Jesus saith to them, `Verily I say to you, that the tax-gatherers and the harlots do go before you into the reign of God, — read the full passage →
`Take heed your kindness not to do before men, to be seen by them, and if not--reward ye have not from your Father who <FI>is<Fi> in the heavens;
Then answered certain of the scribes and Pharisees, saying, `Teacher, we will to see a sign from thee.'
`Thou dost not take vengeance, nor watch the sons of thy people; and thou hast had love to thy neighbour as thyself; I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah.
Brethren, the pleasure indeed of my heart, and my supplication that <FI>is<Fi> to God for Israel, is--for salvation; — read the full passage →
Then question him do the Pharisees and the scribes, `Wherefore do thy disciples not walk according to the tradition of the elders, but with unwashed hands do eat the bread?'
And the disciples of John and those of the Pharisees were fasting, and they come and say to him, `Wherefore do the disciples of John and those of the Pharisees fast, and thy disciples do not fast?'
And on the morrow that is after the preparation, were gathered together the chief priests, and the Pharisees, unto Pilate,
`And when thou mayest pray, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites, because they love in the synagogues, and in the corners of the broad places--standing--to pray, that they may be seen of men; verily I say to you, that they have their reward.
But he answering said, `It hath been written, Not upon bread alone doth man live, but upon every word coming forth from the mouth of God.'
Judas, therefore, having taken the band and officers out of the chief priests and Pharisees, doth come thither with torches and lamps, and weapons;
And gathered together unto him are the Pharisees, and certain of the scribes, having come from Jerusalem,
they love also the chief couches in the supper, and the chief seats in the synagogues,
how do ye not understand that I did not speak to you of bread--to take heed of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees?' — read the full passage →
`But woe to you, the Pharisees, because ye tithe the mint, and the rue, and every herb, and ye pass by the judgment, and the love of God; these things it behoveth to do, and those not to be neglecting.
for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during. — read the full passage →
and the Pharisees having gone forth, immediately, with the Herodians, were taking counsel against him how they might destroy him.
Then come unto Jesus do they from Jerusalem--scribes and Pharisees--saying, — read the full passage →
Then come unto Jesus do they from Jerusalem--scribes and Pharisees--saying,
cleanse out, therefore, the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, according as ye are unleavened, for also our passover for us was sacrificed--Christ,
but the Pharisees having heard, said, `This one doth not cast out demons, except by Beelzeboul, ruler of the demons.'
but the Pharisees said, `By the ruler of the demons he doth cast out the demons.'
And certain of the Pharisees from the multitude said unto him, `Teacher, rebuke thy disciples;'
the chief priests, therefore, and the Pharisees, gathered together a sanhedrim, and said, `What may we do? because this man doth many signs?
and the second <FI>is<Fi> like <FI>it<Fi> , this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself; --greater than these there is no other command.'
And his disciples having come to the other side, forgot to take loaves,
Jesus Christ yesterday and to-day the same, and to the ages;
In that day there came near to him Sadducees, who are saying there is not a rising again, and they questioned him, saying,
The Pharisees, therefore, answered them, `Have ye also been led astray?
The Pharisees heard the multitude murmuring these things concerning him, and the Pharisees and the chief priests sent officers that they may take him;
and the Pharisees, having heard that he did silence the Sadducees, were gathered together unto him;
`And when ye may fast, be ye not as the hypocrites, of sour countenances, for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear to men fasting; verily I say to you, that they have their reward.
`If ye love me, my commands keep,
for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during.
knowing me before from the first, (if they may be willing to testify,) that after the most exact sect of our worship, I lived a Pharisee;
`Woe to you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye are like to whitewashed sepulchres, which outwardly indeed do appear beautiful, and within are full of bones of dead men, and of all uncleanness; — read the full passage →
The Pharisees, therefore, said to him, `Thou of thyself dost testify, thy testimony is not true;'
And having been questioned by the Pharisees, when the reign of God doth come, he answered them, and said, `The reign of God doth not come with observation;
And they said unto him, `Wherefore do the disciples of John fast often, and make supplications--in like manner also those of the Pharisees--but thine do eat and drink?'
and he answering said to them--`Well did Isaiah prophesy concerning you, hypocrites, as it hath been written, This people with the lips doth honour Me, and their heart is far from Me;
for God did not give us a spirit of fear, but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind;
And it came to pass, on one of the days, that he was teaching, and there were sitting by Pharisees and teachers of the Law, who were come out of every village of Galilee, and Judea, and Jerusalem, and the power of the Lord was--to heal them.
`And ye--ye may not be called Rabbi, for one is your director--the Christ, and all ye are brethren;
And having risen, the chief priest, and all those with him--being the sect of the Sadducees--were filled with zeal,
`Judge not, that ye may not be judged, — read the full passage →
And he having spoken this, there came a dissension of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees, and the crowd was divided,
but the Pharisees, and the lawyers, the counsel of God did put away for themselves, not having been baptized by him.
`Blind Pharisee! cleanse first the inside of the cup and the plate, that the outside of them also may become clean.
and the scribes and the Pharisees among them were murmuring at his disciples, saying, `Wherefore with tax-gatherers and sinners do ye eat and drink?'
`Serpents! brood of vipers! how may ye escape from the judgment of the gehenna?
`Woe to you, blind guides, who are saying, Whoever may swear by the sanctuary, it is nothing, but whoever may swear by the gold of the sanctuary--is debtor!
and certain of the Pharisees said to them, `Why do ye that which is not lawful to do on the sabbaths?'
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