And when the scribes and Pharisees saw Him eating with the tax collectors and sinners, they said to His disciples, “How is it that He eats and drinks with tax collectors and sinners?”

Jesus Is Questioned About Fasting

The disciples of John and of the Pharisees were fasting. Then they came and said to Him, “Why do the disciples of John and of the Pharisees fast, but Your disciples do not fast?”

And the Pharisees said to Him, “Look, why do they do what is not lawful on the Sabbath?”

Then the Pharisees went out and immediately plotted with the Herodians against Him, how they might destroy Him.

Defilement Comes from Within

Then the Pharisees and some of the scribes came together to Him, having come from Jerusalem.

For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they wash their hands in a special way, holding the tradition of the elders.

Then the Pharisees and scribes asked Him, “Why do Your disciples not walk according to the tradition of the elders, but eat bread with unwashed hands?”

The Pharisees Seek a Sign

Then the Pharisees came out and began to dispute with Him, seeking from Him a sign from heaven, testing Him.

Beware of the Leaven of the Pharisees and Herod

And He left them, and getting into the boat again, departed to the other side.

Then He charged them, saying, “Take heed, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod.”

The Pharisees came and asked Him, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?” testing Him.

The Pharisees: Is It Lawful to Pay Taxes to Caesar?

Then they sent to Him some of the Pharisees and the Herodians, to catch Him in His words.