18 Bible Verses about Jewish Sects

But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming for baptism, he exclaimed, "O vipers' brood, who has warned you to flee from the coming wrath?

Then there came to Jesus a party of Pharisees and Scribes from Jerusalem, who inquired,

Here the Pharisees and Sadducees came to Him; and, to make trial of Him, they asked Him to show them a sign in the sky.

Then came some of the Pharisees to Him to put Him to the proof by the question, "Has a man a right to divorce his wife whenever he chooses?"

"The Scribes," He said, "and the Pharisees sit in the chair of Moses.

But the Pharisees and expounders of the Law have frustrated God's purpose as to their own lives, by refusing to be baptized.

"Two men went up to the Temple to pray," He said; "one being a Pharisee and the other a tax-gatherer.

But a Pharisee of the name of Gamaliel, a teacher of the Law, held in honour by all the people, rose from his seat and requested that they should be sent outside the court for a few minutes.

Noticing, however, that the Sanhedrin consisted partly of Sadducees and partly of Pharisees, he called out loudly among them, "Brethren, I am a Pharisee, the son of Pharisees. It is because of my hope of a resurrection of the dead that I am on my trial."

and when Jesus said to them, "See to it: beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees,"

On the same day a party of Sadducees came to Him, contending that there is no resurrection. And they put this case to Him.

Now the Pharisees came up when they heard that He had silenced the Sadducees,

While they were saying this to the people, the Priests, the Commander of the Temple Guard, and the Sadducees came upon them,

This roused the High Priest. He and all his party--the sect of the Sadducees--were filled with angry jealousy

For the Sadducees maintain that there is no resurrection, and neither angel nor spirit; but the Pharisees acknowledge the existence of both.

So they sent to Him their disciples together with the Herodians; who said, "Teacher, we know that you are truthful and that you faithfully teach God's truth; and that no fear of man misleads you, for you are not biased by men's wealth or rank.

But no sooner had the Pharisees left the synagogue than they held a consultation with the Herodians against Jesus, to devise some means of destroying Him.

Their next step was to send to Him some of the Pharisees and of Herod's partisans to entrap Him in conversation.