<t /><p class="bodytext">Now<n id="1" /> the Pharisees<n id="2" /> and some of the experts in the law<n id="3" /> who came from Jerusalem<n id="4" /> gathered around him.

<t /><p class="bodytext">Now<n id="1" /> John&#8217;s<n id="2" /> disciples and the Pharisees<n id="3" /> were fasting.<n id="4" /> So<n id="5" /> they came to Jesus<n id="6" /> and said, &#8220;Why do the disciples of John and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but your disciples don&#8217;t fast?&#8221;

So<n id="1" /> the Pharisees<n id="2" /> said to him, &#8220;Look, why are they doing what is against the law on the Sabbath?&#8221;

So<n id="1" /> the Pharisees<n id="2" /> went out immediately and began plotting with the Herodians,<n id="3" /> as to how they could assassinate<n id="4" /> him.p>

And Jesus<n id="1" /> ordered them,<n id="2" /> &#8220;Watch out! Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees<n id="3" /> and the yeast of Herod!&#8221;

Then some Pharisees<n id="1" /> came, and to test him<n id="2" /> they asked, &#8220;Is it lawful for a man to divorce his<n id="3" /> wife?&#8221;<n id="4" />

<t /><p class="bodytext">Then<n id="1" /> they sent some of the Pharisees<n id="2" /> and Herodians<n id="3" /> to trap him with his own words.<n id="4" />

(For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they perform a ritual washing,<n id="1" /> holding fast to the tradition of the elders.

<t /><p class="bodytext">Then the Pharisees<n id="1" /> came and began to argue with Jesus, asking for<n id="2" /> a sign from heaven<n id="3" /> to test him.

When the experts in the law<n id="1" /> and the Pharisees<n id="2" /> saw that he was eating with sinners and tax collectors, they said to his disciples, &#8220;Why does he eat with tax collectors and sinners?&#8221;<n id="3" />

The Pharisees and the experts in the law asked him, &#8220;Why do your disciples not live according to the tradition of the elders, but eat<n id="1" /> with unwashed hands?&#8221;