Matthew 15:1 - New International Version (Anglicised) Then some Pharisees and teachers of the law came to Jesus from Jerusalem and asked, Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem, saying, Amplified Bible - Classic Edition THEN FROM Jerusalem came scribes and Pharisees and said, American Standard Version (1901) Then there come to Jesus from Jerusalem Pharisees and scribes, saying, Common English Bible Then Pharisees and legal experts came to Jesus from Jerusalem and said, Catholic Public Domain Version Then the scribes and the Pharisees came to him from Jerusalem, saying: Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version THEN came to him from Jerusalem scribes and Pharisees, saying: |
For I tell you that unless your righteousness surpasses that of the Pharisees and the teachers of the law, you will certainly not enter the kingdom of heaven.
And the teachers of the law who came down from Jerusalem said, ‘He is possessed by Beelzebul! By the prince of demons he is driving out demons.’
One day Jesus was teaching, and Pharisees and teachers of the law were sitting there. They had come from every village of Galilee and from Judea and Jerusalem. And the power of the Lord was with Jesus to heal those who were ill.
The Pharisees and the teachers of the law began thinking to themselves, ‘Who is this fellow who speaks blasphemy? Who can forgive sins but God alone?’
But the Pharisees and the teachers of the law who belonged to their sect complained to his disciples, ‘Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?’
Now this was John’s testimony when the Jewish leaders in Jerusalem sent priests and Levites to ask him who he was.
There was a great uproar, and some of the teachers of the law who were Pharisees stood up and argued vigorously. ‘We find nothing wrong with this man,’ they said. ‘What if a spirit or an angel has spoken to him?’
When Paul came in, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem stood round him. They brought many serious charges against him, but they could not prove them.