Some of those who had been sent were Pharisees.
When Jesus left, the experts in Moses’ Teachings and the Pharisees held a terrible grudge against him. They questioned him about many things
The Pharisees, who love money, heard all this and were making sarcastic remarks about him.
But the Pharisees and the experts in Moses’ Teachings rejected God’s plan for them. They refused to be baptized.
They’ve known me for a long time and can testify, if they’re willing, that I followed the strictest party of our religion. They know that I lived my life as a Pharisee.
(The Sadducees say that the dead won’t come back to life and that angels and spirits don’t exist. The Pharisees believe in all these things.)
You blind Pharisees! First clean the inside of the cups and dishes so that the outside may also be clean.
John said, “I’m a voice crying out in the desert, ‘Make the way for the Lord straight,’ as the prophet Isaiah said.”
They asked John, “Why do you baptize if you’re not the Messiah or Elijah or the prophet?”
