Some Pharisees had also been sent to John.
You blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of a cup, and then the outside will also be clean.
Jesus was about to leave, but the teachers and the Pharisees wanted to get even with him. They tried to make him say what he thought about other things,
The Pharisees really loved money. So when they heard what Jesus said, they made fun of him.
But the Pharisees and the experts in the Law of Moses refused to obey God and be baptized by John.
John answered in the words of the prophet Isaiah, "I am only someone shouting in the desert, 'Get the road ready for the Lord!' "
They asked him, "Why are you baptizing people, if you are not the Messiah or Elijah or the Prophet?"
The Sadducees do not believe in angels or spirits or that the dead will rise to life. But the Pharisees believe in all of these,
(SEE 26:4)
