John 7:32
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Jesus and the Religious Leaders
32 The Pharisees heard the crowd murmuring these things concerning Him, and the Pharisees and the chief priests sent officers to take Him.
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Acts 5:26
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26 Then the captain went with the officers and brought them without violence, (A)for they feared the people, lest they should be stoned.
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John 18:3
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3 (A)Then Judas, having received a detachment of troops, and officers from the chief priests and Pharisees, came there with lanterns, torches, and weapons.
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John 12:19
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19 The Pharisees therefore said among themselves, (A)“You see that you are accomplishing nothing. Look, the world has gone after Him!”
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John 11:47-48
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47 (A)Then the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered a council and said, (B)“What shall we do? For this Man works many signs. 48 If we let Him alone like this, everyone will believe in Him, and the Romans will come and take away both our place and nation.”
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John 7:45-53
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45 Then the officers came to the chief priests and Pharisees, who said to them, “Why have you not brought Him?”
46 The officers answered, (A)“No man ever spoke like this Man!”
47 Then the Pharisees answered them, “Are you also deceived? 48 Have any of the rulers or the Pharisees believed in Him? 49 But this crowd that does not know the law is accursed.”
50 Nicodemus (B)(he who came to [a]Jesus [b]by night, being one of them) said to them, 51 (C)“Does our law judge a man before it hears him and knows what he is doing?”
52 They answered and said to him, “Are you also from Galilee? Search and look, for (D)no prophet [c]has arisen out of Galilee.”
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53 [d]And everyone went to his own house.
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Luke 22:52-53
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52 (A)Then Jesus said to the chief priests, captains of the temple, and the elders who had come to Him, “Have you come out, as against a (B)robber, with swords and clubs? 53 When I was with you daily in the (C)temple, you did not try to seize Me. But this is your (D)hour, and the power of darkness.”
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Matthew 12:23-24
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23 And all the multitudes were amazed and said, “Could this be the (A)Son of David?”
24 (B)Now when the Pharisees heard it they said, “This fellow does not cast out demons except by [a]Beelzebub, the ruler of the demons.”
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- Matthew 12:24 NU, M Beelzebul, a Philistine deity
Matthew 23:13
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13 “But (A)woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you shut up the kingdom of heaven against men; for you neither go in yourselves, nor do you allow those who are entering to go in.
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