And those who were sent were of the Pharisees.
You blind Pharisee, cleanse first that which is inside the cup and platter, that the outside of them may be clean also.
And as he said these things to them, the scribes and the Pharisees began to press him vehemently, and to provoke him to speak of many things:
And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things: and they derided him.
But the Pharisees and lawyers rejected the counsel of God against themselves, being not baptized by him.
He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Isaiah.
And they asked him, and said to him, Why do you baptize then, if you are not that Christ, nor Elijah, neither that prophet?
For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, neither angel, nor spirit: but the Pharisees confess both.
Which knew me from the beginning, if they would testify, that according to the strictest sect of our religion I lived as a Pharisee.
