But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to where he was baptizing, he said to them: “You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?

For I tell you that unless your righteousness surpasses that of the Pharisees and the teachers of the law, you will certainly not enter the kingdom of heaven.

When the Pharisees saw this, they asked his disciples, “Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?”

Jesus Questioned About Fasting

Then John’s disciples came and asked him, “How is it that we and the Pharisees fast often, but your disciples do not fast?”

But the Pharisees said, “It is by the prince of demons that he drives out demons.”

When the Pharisees saw this, they said to him, “Look! Your disciples are doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath.”

But the Pharisees went out and plotted how they might kill Jesus.

But when the Pharisees heard this, they said, “It is only by Beelzebul, the prince of demons, that this fellow drives out demons.”

The Sign of Jonah

Then some of the Pharisees and teachers of the law said to him, “Teacher, we want to see a sign from you.”

That Which Defiles

Then some Pharisees and teachers of the law came to Jesus from Jerusalem and asked,

Then the disciples came to him and asked, “Do you know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this?”

The Demand for a Sign

The Pharisees and Sadducees came to Jesus and tested him by asking him to show them a sign from heaven.

The Yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees

When they went across the lake, the disciples forgot to take bread.

“Be careful,” Jesus said to them. “Be on your guard against the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”

How is it you don’t understand that I was not talking to you about bread? But be on your guard against the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”

Then they understood that he was not telling them to guard against the yeast used in bread, but against the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

Some Pharisees came to him to test him. They asked, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any and every reason?”

When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard Jesus’ parables, they knew he was talking about them.

Paying the Imperial Tax to Caesar

Then the Pharisees went out and laid plans to trap him in his words.

The Greatest Commandment

Hearing that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, the Pharisees got together.

Whose Son Is the Messiah?

While the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them,

“The teachers of the law and the Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat.

Seven Woes on the Teachers of the Law and the Pharisees

“Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the door of the kingdom of heaven in people’s faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let those enter who are trying to.

“Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You travel over land and sea to win a single convert, and when you have succeeded, you make them twice as much a child of hell as you are.

“Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You give a tenth of your spices—mint, dill and cumin. But you have neglected the more important matters of the law—justice, mercy and faithfulness. You should have practiced the latter, without neglecting the former.