Thereupon some of the Pharisees in the crowd appealed to Him, saying, »Rabbi, reprove your disciples.«
Thereupon Herod sent privately for the Magi and ascertained from them the exact time of the star's appearing.
»But alas for you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for you lock the door of the Kingdom of the Heavens against men; you yourselves do not enter, nor do you allow those to enter who are seeking to do so.«
The High Priests, however, consulted together to put Lazarus also to death,
The result was that the Pharisees said among themselves, »Observe how idle all your efforts are! The world is gone after him!«
Or do you suppose that it is to no purpose that the Scripture says, »The Spirit which He has caused to dwell in our hearts yearns jealously over us«?