That same day some Sadducees came up to him, men who hold there is no resurrection. They put this question to him:
While they were speaking to the people, they were surprised by the priests, the commander of the temple, and the Sadducees,
But when he noticed a number of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming for his baptism, he said to them, "You brood of vipers, who told you to flee from the coming Wrath?
This filled the high priest Annas and his allies, the Sadducean party, with bitter jealousy;
they have failed in the Truth by arguing that the resurrection has taken place already, and they are undermining some people's faith.
Jesus said to them, "See and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees."