(Now they had been sent from the Pharisees.)
As he went away from there, the scribes and the Pharisees began to press him hard and to provoke him to speak about many things,
The Pharisees, who were lovers of money, heard all these things, and they ridiculed him.
but the Pharisees and the lawyers rejected the purpose of God for themselves, not having been baptized by him.)
They have known for a long time, if they are willing to testify, that according to the strictest party of our religion I have lived as a Pharisee.
For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, nor angel, nor spirit, but the Pharisees acknowledge them all.
You blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and the plate, that the outside also may be clean.
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, “Then why are you baptizing, if you are neither the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?”
