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But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them, “Brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
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For I say to you, that unless your righteousness exceeds the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, you will by no means enter the kingdom of heaven.
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And when the Pharisees saw it, they said to His disciples, “Why does your Teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?”
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Jesus Is Questioned About Fasting
Then the disciples of John came to Him, saying, “Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but Your disciples do not fast?”
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But the Pharisees said, “He casts out demons by the ruler of the demons.”
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And when the Pharisees saw it, they said to Him, “Look, Your disciples are doing what is not lawful to do on the Sabbath!”
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Then the Pharisees went out and plotted against Him, how they might destroy Him.
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Now when the Pharisees heard it they said, “This fellow does not cast out demons except by Beelzebub, the ruler of the demons.”
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The Scribes and Pharisees Ask for a Sign
Then some of the scribes and Pharisees answered, saying, “Teacher, we want to see a sign from You.”
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Defilement Comes from Within
Then the scribes and Pharisees who were from Jerusalem came to Jesus, saying,
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Then His disciples came and said to Him, “Do You know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this saying?”
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The Pharisees and Sadducees Seek a Sign
Then the Pharisees and Sadducees came, and testing Him asked that He would show them a sign from heaven.
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The Leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees
Now when His disciples had come to the other side, they had forgotten to take bread.
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Then Jesus said to them, “Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the Sadducees.”
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How is it you do not understand that I did not speak to you concerning bread?—but to beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”
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Then they understood that He did not tell them to beware of the leaven of bread, but of the doctrine of the Pharisees and Sadducees.
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The Pharisees also came to Him, testing Him, and saying to Him, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for just any reason?”
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Now when the chief priests and Pharisees heard His parables, they perceived that He was speaking of them.
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The Pharisees: Is It Lawful to Pay Taxes to Caesar?
Then the Pharisees went and plotted how they might entangle Him in His talk.
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The Scribes: Which Is the First Commandment of All?
But when the Pharisees heard that He had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together.
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Jesus: How Can David Call His Descendant Lord?
While the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them,
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Woe to the Scribes and Pharisees
Then Jesus spoke to the multitudes and to His disciples,
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saying: “The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat.
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“But 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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Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you devour widows’ houses, and for a pretense make long prayers. Therefore you will receive greater condemnation.
