Now those who had been sent were from the Pharisees.
When he left that place, the scribes and the Pharisees began to be very hostile and question him on many things,
The Pharisees, who were lovers of money, heard all this and scoffed at him.
But the Pharisees and the lawyers rejected the counsel of God for them, because they had not been baptized by John.
They have known me for a long time and can testify, if they are willing, that I lived as a Pharisee, the strictest sect of our religion.
(The Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, nor angels or spirits, but the Pharisees affirm all of these things.)
Blind Pharisee! First you must clean the inside of the cup and the dish, so that its outside may become clean also.
He said, “I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, ‘Y’all make straight the way of the Lord [YHWH],’ as Isaiah the prophet said.”
So they asked him, “Then why do you baptize if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the prophet?”
