Then the Pharisees who had been sent
You blind Pharisee! First wash the inside of the cup and the dish, and then the outside will become clean, too.
As Jesus was leaving, the teachers of religious law and the Pharisees became hostile and tried to provoke him with many questions.
The Pharisees, who dearly loved their money, heard all this and scoffed at him.
But the Pharisees and experts in religious law rejected God’s plan for them, for they had refused John’s baptism.
John replied in the words of the prophet Isaiah: “I am a voice shouting in the wilderness, ‘Clear the way for the Lord’s coming!’”
asked him, “If you aren’t the Messiah or Elijah or the Prophet, what right do you have to baptize?”
for the Sadducees say there is no resurrection or angels or spirits, but the Pharisees believe in all of these.
If they would admit it, they know that I have been a member of the Pharisees, the strictest sect of our religion.
