Matthew 5:20
5:20 For I tell you, unless your righteousness goes beyond that of the experts in the law
and the Pharisees,
you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.
Matthew 12:24
12:24 But when the Pharisees
heard this they said, “He does not cast out demons except by the power of Beelzebul,
the ruler
of demons!”
Matthew 15:12
15:12 Then the disciples came to him and said, “Do you know that when the Pharisees
heard this saying they were offended?”
Matthew 16:6
16:6 “Watch out,” Jesus said to them, “beware of the yeast of the Pharisees
and Sadducees.”
Matthew 16:11-12
16:11 How could you not understand that I was not speaking to you about bread? But beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees!”
16:12 Then they understood that he had not told them to be on guard against the yeast in bread, but against the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.
Matthew 22:15
Paying Taxes to Caesar
22:15 Then the Pharisees went out and planned together to entrap him with his own words.
Matthew 22:23
Marriage and the Resurrection
22:23 The same day Sadducees (who say there is no resurrection) came to him and asked him,
Matthew 22:34
The Greatest Commandment
22:34 Now when the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the Sadducees, they assembled together.
Matthew 23:13-28
23:13 “But woe to you, experts in the law and you Pharisees, hypocrites! You keep locking people out of the kingdom of heaven! For you neither enter nor permit those trying to enter to go in.
23:14 [[EMPTY]]
23:15 “Woe to you, experts in the law and you Pharisees, hypocrites! You cross land and sea to make one convert, and when you get one, you make him twice as much a child of hell as yourselves!
23:16 “Woe to you, blind guides, who say, ‘Whoever swears by the temple is bound by nothing. But whoever swears by the gold of the temple is bound by the oath.’
23:17 Blind fools! Which is greater, the gold or the temple that makes the gold sacred?
23:18 And, ‘Whoever swears by the altar is bound by nothing. But if anyone swears by the gift on it he is bound by the oath.’
23:19 You are blind! For which is greater, the gift or the altar that makes the gift sacred?
23:20 So whoever swears by the altar swears by it and by everything on it.
23:21 And whoever swears by the temple swears by it and the one who dwells in it.
23:22 And whoever swears by heaven swears by the throne of God and the one who sits on it.
23:23 “Woe to you, experts in the law and you Pharisees, hypocrites! You give a tenth of mint, dill, and cumin, yet you neglect what is more important in the law – justice, mercy, and faithfulness! You should have done these things without neglecting the others.
23:24 Blind guides! You strain out a gnat yet swallow a camel!
23:25 “Woe to you, experts in the law and you Pharisees, hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and the dish, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence.
23:26 Blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup, so that the outside may become clean too!
23:27 “Woe to you, experts in the law and you Pharisees, hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs that look beautiful on the outside but inside are full of the bones of the dead and of everything unclean.
23:28 In the same way, on the outside you look righteous to people, but inside you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.
Mark 7:3-5
7:3 (For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they perform a ritual washing,
holding fast to the tradition of the elders.
7:4 And when they come from the marketplace, they do not eat unless they wash. They hold fast to many other traditions: the washing of cups, pots, kettles, and dining couches.
)
7:5 The Pharisees and the experts in the law asked him, “Why do your disciples not live according to the tradition of the elders, but eat
with unwashed hands?”
Mark 8:15
8:15 And Jesus
ordered them,
“Watch out! Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees
and the yeast of Herod!”
Mark 12:13
Paying Taxes to Caesar
12:13 Then they sent some of the Pharisees and Herodians to trap him with his own words.
Mark 12:18
Marriage and the Resurrection
12:18 Sadducees (who say there is no resurrection) also came to him and asked him,
Luke 7:30
7:30 However, the Pharisees
and the experts in religious law
rejected God’s purpose
for themselves, because they had not been baptized
by John.
)
Luke 11:39-44
11:39 But the Lord said to him, “Now you Pharisees clean
the outside of the cup and the plate, but inside you are full of greed and wickedness.
11:40 You fools!
Didn’t the one who made the outside make the inside as well?
11:41 But give from your heart to those in need,
and
then everything will be clean for you.
11:42 “But woe to you Pharisees! You give a tenth of your mint, rue, and every herb, yet you neglect justice and love for God! But you should have done these things without neglecting the others.
11:43 Woe to you Pharisees! You love the best seats in the synagogues and elaborate greetings in the marketplaces!
11:44 Woe to you! You are like unmarked graves, and people walk over them without realizing it!”
Luke 16:14
More Warnings about the Pharisees
16:14 The Pharisees (who loved money) heard all this and ridiculed him.
Luke 18:11
18:11 The Pharisee stood and prayed about himself like this:
‘God, I thank
you that I am not like other people:
extortionists,
unrighteous people,
adulterers – or even like this tax collector.
John 1:24
1:24 (Now they had been sent from the Pharisees.
)
John 7:45-49
Lack of Belief
7:45 Then the officers returned to the chief priests and Pharisees, who said to them, “Why didn’t you bring him back with you?”
7:46 The officers replied, “No one ever spoke like this man!”
7:47 Then the Pharisees answered, “You haven’t been deceived too, have you?
7:48 None of the rulers or the Pharisees have believed in him, have they?
7:49 But this rabble who do not know the law are accursed!”
John 9:40
9:40 Some of the Pharisees who were with him heard this and asked him, “We are not blind too, are we?”
Acts 4:1-2
The Arrest and Trial of Peter and John
4:1 While Peter and John were speaking to the people, the priests and the commander of the temple guard and the Sadducees came up to them,
4:2 angry because they were teaching the people and announcing in Jesus the resurrection of the dead.
Acts 5:17
Further Trouble for the Apostles
5:17 Now the high priest rose up, and all those with him (that is, the religious party of the Sadducees), and they were filled with jealousy.
Acts 15:5
15:5 But some from the religious party of the Pharisees
who had believed stood up and said, “It is necessary
to circumcise the Gentiles
and to order them to observe
the law of Moses.”
Acts 23:6-9
23:6 Then when Paul noticed that part of them were Sadducees and the others Pharisees, he shouted out in the council, “Brothers, I am a Pharisee, a son of Pharisees. I am on trial concerning the hope of the resurrection of the dead!”
23:7 When he said this, an argument began between the Pharisees and the Sadducees, and the assembly was divided.
23:8 (For the Sadducees say there is no resurrection, or angel, or spirit, but the Pharisees acknowledge them all.)
23:9 There was a great commotion, and some experts in the law from the party of the Pharisees stood up and protested strongly, “We find nothing wrong with this man. What if a spirit or an angel has spoken to him?”
Acts 26:5
26:5 They know,
because they have known
me from time past,
if they are willing to testify, that according to the strictest party
of our religion, I lived as a Pharisee.