Now they had been sent from the Pharisees.
And they which were sent were of the Pharisees.
The messengers had been sent from the Pharisees.
And they had been sent from the Pharisees.
Those sent by the Pharisees
And some of those who had been sent were from among the Pharisees.
And they that were sent, were of the Pharisees.
Blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup, so that the outside of it may also become clean.
When he left there, the scribes and the Pharisees began to oppose him fiercely and to cross-examine him about many things;
The Pharisees, who were lovers of money, were listening to all these things and scoffing at him.
But since the Pharisees and experts in the law had not been baptised by him, they rejected the plan of God for themselves. )
He said, ‘I am a voice of one crying out in the wilderness: Make straight the way of the Lord , #– #just as Isaiah the prophet said.’
So they asked him, ‘Why then do you baptise if you aren’t the Messiah, or Elijah, or the Prophet? ’
For the Sadducees say there is no resurrection, and neither angel nor spirit, but the Pharisees affirm them all.
They have known me for a long time, if they are willing to testify, that according to the strictest sect of our religion I lived as a Pharisee.