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.
You blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and of the plate, so that the outside also may become clean.
When he went outside, the scribes and the Pharisees became hostile to him and began to interrogate him about many things,
The Pharisees, who were lovers of money, heard all this, and they ridiculed him.
But the Pharisees and the experts in the law, not having been baptized by him, rejected God’s purpose for themselves.)
He said, “I am the voice of one crying out in the wilderness, ‘Make straight the way of the Lord,’ ” as the prophet Isaiah said.
They asked him, “Why, then, are you baptizing if you are neither the Messiah, nor Elijah, nor the prophet?”
(The Sadducees say that there is no resurrection or angel or spirit, but the Pharisees acknowledge all three.)
They have known for a long time, if they are willing to testify, that I have belonged to the strictest sect of our religion and lived as a Pharisee.