(Now they had been sent from 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.
And they that were sent, were of the Pharisees.
You blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and the plate, that the outside also may be clean.
As he went away from there, the scribes and the Pharisees began to press him hard and to provoke him to speak about many things,
The Pharisees, who were lovers of money, heard all these things, and they ridiculed him.
but the Pharisees and the lawyers rejected the purpose of God for themselves, not having been baptized by him.)
He said, “I am the voice of one crying out in the wilderness, ‘Make straight the way of the Lord,’ as the prophet Isaiah said.”
They asked him, “Then why are you baptizing, if you are neither the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?”
For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, nor angel, nor spirit, but the Pharisees acknowledge them all.
They have known for a long time, if they are willing to testify, that according to the strictest party of our religion I have lived as a Pharisee.