The experts in the law and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught committing adultery. They made her stand in front of them

So the Pharisees objected, “You testify about yourself; your testimony is not true!”

(For the Sadducees say there is no resurrection, or angel, or spirit, but the Pharisees acknowledge them all.)

When the Pharisees saw this they said to his disciples, “Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?”

Then John’s disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but your disciples don’t fast?”

But when the Pharisees saw this they said to him, “Look, your disciples are doing what is against the law to do on the Sabbath.”

But when the Pharisees heard this they said, “He does not cast out demons except by the power of Beelzebul, the ruler of demons!”

Then some Pharisees came to him in order to test him. They asked, “Is it lawful to divorce a wife for any cause?”

“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.

“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.

“Woe to you, experts in the law and you Pharisees, hypocrites! You build tombs for the prophets and decorate the graves of the righteous.

(For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they perform a ritual washing, holding fast to the tradition of the elders.

Then the Pharisees came and began to argue with Jesus, asking for a sign from heaven to test him.

But the Pharisees and their experts in the law complained to his disciples, saying, “Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?”

The experts in the law and the Pharisees watched Jesus closely to see if he would heal on the Sabbath, so that they could find a reason to accuse him.

At that time, some Pharisees came up and said to Jesus, “Get away from here, because Herod wants to kill you.”

Now when Jesus knew that the Pharisees had heard that he was winning and baptizing more disciples than John

So the chief priests and the Pharisees called the council together and said, “What are we doing? For this man is performing many miraculous signs.

(Now the chief priests and the Pharisees had given orders that anyone who knew where Jesus was should report it, so that they could arrest him.)

Thus the Pharisees said to one another, “You see that you can do nothing. Look, the world has run off after him!”