And they that were sent, were of the Pharisees.
And they which were sent were of the Pharisees.
The messengers had been sent from the Pharisees.
And they had been sent from the Pharisees.
Those sent by the Pharisees
And some of those who had been sent were from among the Pharisees.
(Now they had been sent from the Pharisees.)
Thou blind Pharisee, first make clean the inside of the cup and of the dish, that the outside may become clean.
And as he was saying these things to them, the Pharisees and the lawyers began violently to urge him, and to oppress his mouth about many things,
Now the Pharisees, who were covetous, heard all these things: and they derided him.
But the Pharisees and the lawyers despised the counsel of God against themselves, being not baptized by him.
He said: I am the voice of one crying out in the wilderness, make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Isaias.
And they asked him, and said to him: Why then dost thou baptize, if thou be not Christ, nor Elias, nor the prophet?
For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, neither angel, nor spirit: but the Pharisees confess both.
Having known me from the beginning (if they will give testimony) that according to the most sure sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee.