And they had been sent from the Pharisees.
And when he was come out from thence, the scribes and the Pharisees began to press upon him vehemently, and to provoke him to speak of many things;
And the Pharisees, who were lovers of money, heard all these things; and they scoffed at him.
But the Pharisees and the lawyers rejected for themselves the counsel of God, being not baptized of him.
having knowledge of me from the first, if they be willing to testify, that after the straitest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee.
For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, neither angel, nor spirit; but the Pharisees confess both.
Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first the inside of the cup and of the platter, that the outside thereof may become clean also.
He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said Isaiah the prophet.
And they asked him, and said unto him, Why then baptizest thou, if thou art not the Christ, neither Elijah, neither the prophet?
