And they had been sent from the Pharisees.
And they which were sent were of the Pharisees.
The messengers had been sent from the Pharisees.
Those sent by the Pharisees
And some of those who had been sent were from among the Pharisees.
And they that were sent, were of the Pharisees.
(Now they had been sent from the Pharisees.)
Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first the inside of the cup and of the platter, that the outside thereof may become clean also.
And when he was come out from thence, the scribes and the Pharisees began to press upon him vehemently, and to provoke him to speak of many things;
And the Pharisees, who were lovers of money, heard all these things; and they scoffed at him.
But the Pharisees and the lawyers rejected for themselves the counsel of God, being not baptized of him.
He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said Isaiah the prophet.
And they asked him, and said unto him, Why then baptizest thou, if thou art not the Christ, neither Elijah, neither the prophet?
For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, neither angel, nor spirit; but the Pharisees confess both.
having knowledge of me from the first, if they be willing to testify, that after the straitest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee.