The experts in the law<n id="1" /> and the Pharisees<n id="2" /> brought a woman who had been caught committing adultery. They made her stand in front of them

So the Pharisees<n id="1" /> objected,<n id="2" /> &#8220;You testify about yourself; your testimony is not true!&#8221;<n id="3" />

(For the Sadducees say there is no resurrection, or angel, or spirit, but the Pharisees acknowledge them all.)<n id="1" />

When the Pharisees<n id="1" /> saw this they said to his disciples, &#8220;Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?&#8221;<n id="2" />

<t /><p class="bodytext">Then John&#8217;s<n id="1" /> disciples came to Jesus<n id="2" /> and asked, &#8220;Why do we and the Pharisees<n id="3" /> fast often,<n id="4" /> but your disciples don&#8217;t fast?&#8221;

But when the Pharisees<n id="1" /> saw this they said to him, &#8220;Look, your disciples are doing what is against the law to do on the Sabbath.&#8221;

But when the Pharisees<n id="1" /> heard this they said, &#8220;He does not cast out demons except by the power of Beelzebul,<n id="2" /> the ruler<n id="3" /> of demons!&#8221;

<p class="bodytext">Then some Pharisees<n id="1" /> came to him in order to test him. They asked, &#8220;Is it lawful<n id="2" /> to divorce a wife for any cause?&#8221;<n id="3" />

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;Woe to you, experts in the law<n id="1" /> and you Pharisees, hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and the dish, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence.

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;Woe to you, experts in the law<n id="1" /> 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.<n id="2" />

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;Woe to you, experts in the law<n id="1" /> and you Pharisees, hypocrites! You<n id="2" /> build tombs for the prophets and decorate the graves<n id="3" /> of the righteous.

(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.

But<n id="1" /> the Pharisees<n id="2" /> and their experts in the law<n id="3" /> complained<n id="4" /> to his disciples, saying, &#8220;Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?&#8221;<n id="5" />

The experts in the law<n id="1" /> and the Pharisees<n id="2" /> watched<n id="3" /> Jesus<n id="4" /> closely to see if<n id="5" /> he would heal on the Sabbath,<n id="6" /> so that they could find a reason to accuse him.

<t /><p class="bodytext">At that time,<n id="1" /> some Pharisees<n id="2" /> came up and said to Jesus,<n id="3" /> &#8220;Get away from here,<n id="4" /> because Herod<n id="5" /> wants to kill you.&#8221;

<t /><p class="bodytext">Now when Jesus<n id="1" /> knew that the Pharisees<n id="2" /> had heard that he<n id="3" /> was winning<n id="4" /> and baptizing more disciples than John

So the chief priests and the Pharisees<n id="1" /> called the council<n id="2" /> together and said, &#8220;What are we doing? For this man is performing many miraculous signs.

(Now the chief priests and the Pharisees<n id="1" /> had given orders that anyone who knew where Jesus<n id="2" /> was should report it, so that they could arrest<n id="3" /> him.)<n id="4" />p>

Thus the Pharisees<n id="1" /> said to one another, &#8220;You see that you can do nothing. Look, the world has run off after him!&#8221;p>