And they who were sent were from the Pharisees.
Blind Pharisee! First cleanse the inside of the cup and of the dish, so that the outside of them may be clean also.
And as He said these things to them, the scribes and Pharisees began to be terribly angry, and to draw Him out concerning many things,
And being money-lovers, all the Pharisees also heard all these things. And they derided Him.
But the Pharisees and lawyers rejected the counsel of God against themselves, not being baptized by him.
He said, I am "the voice of one crying in the wilderness: Make straight the way of the Lord," as the prophet Isaiah said.
And they asked him and said, Why then do you baptize, if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor that Prophet?
For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, neither angel, nor spirit; but the Pharisees confess both.
who knew me from the first, if they would testify, that according to the strictest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee.
