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“Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence.
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Blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and dish, and then the outside also will be clean.
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“Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside but on the inside are full of the bones of the dead and everything unclean.
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“Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You build tombs for the prophets and decorate the graves of the righteous.
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The Guard at the Tomb
The next day, the one after Preparation Day, the chief priests and the Pharisees went to Pilate.
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When the teachers of the law who were Pharisees saw him eating with the sinners and tax collectors, they asked his disciples: “Why does he eat with tax collectors and sinners?”
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Jesus Questioned About Fasting
Now John’s disciples and the Pharisees were fasting. Some people came and asked Jesus, “How is it that John’s disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees are fasting, but yours are not?”
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The Pharisees said to him, “Look, why are they doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath?”
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Then the Pharisees went out and began to plot with the Herodians how they might kill Jesus.
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That Which Defiles
The Pharisees and some of the teachers of the law who had come from Jerusalem gathered around Jesus
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(The Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they give their hands a ceremonial washing, holding to the tradition of the elders.
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So the Pharisees and teachers of the law asked Jesus, “Why don’t your disciples live according to the tradition of the elders instead of eating their food with defiled hands?”
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The Pharisees came and began to question Jesus. To test him, they asked him for a sign from heaven.
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The Yeast of the Pharisees and Herod
The disciples had forgotten to bring bread, except for one loaf they had with them in the boat.
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“Be careful,” Jesus warned them. “Watch out for the yeast of the Pharisees and that of Herod.”
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Some Pharisees came and tested him by asking, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?”
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Paying the Imperial Tax to Caesar
Later they sent some of the Pharisees and Herodians to Jesus to catch him in his words.
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Jesus Forgives and Heals a Paralyzed Man
One day Jesus was teaching, and Pharisees and teachers of the law were sitting there. They had come from every village of Galilee and from Judea and Jerusalem. And the power of the Lord was with Jesus to heal the sick.
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The Pharisees and the teachers of the law began thinking to themselves, “Who is this fellow who speaks blasphemy? Who can forgive sins but God alone?”
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But the Pharisees and the teachers of the law who belonged to their sect complained to his disciples, “Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?”
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Jesus Questioned About Fasting
They said to him, “John’s disciples often fast and pray, and so do the disciples of the Pharisees, but yours go on eating and drinking.”
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Some of the Pharisees asked, “Why are you doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath?”
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The Pharisees and the teachers of the law were looking for a reason to accuse Jesus, so they watched him closely to see if he would heal on the Sabbath.
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But the Pharisees and the teachers of the law were furious and began to discuss with one another what they might do to Jesus.
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But the Pharisees and the experts in the law rejected God’s purpose for themselves, because they had not been baptized by John.)
