14 Bible Verses about Scribes

And behold, some of the scribes said to themselves, "This man is blaspheming!"

And in his teaching he said, "Beware of the scribes, who like to go around in long robes, and to have salutations in the market places and the best seats in the synagogues and the places of honor at feasts,

And Jesus said, while he taught in the temple, "How is it that the scribes say that the Christ is the Son of David?

And when he had gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people together, he inquired of them where the Christ was to be born.

And the disciples asked him, "Why then do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?"

And the scribes who came down from Jerusalem said, "He is possessed by Beelzebub, and by the prince of demons he casts out the demons."

But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the children crying out in the temple, "Hosanna to the Son of David!" they were indignant;

Now some of the scribes were sitting there, reasoning in their hearts, "Why does this man speak like this? He is blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?"

They stirred up the people and the elders and the scribes, and they came on him and seized him, and brought him before the council.

On the next day, their rulers and elders and scribes were gathered together in Jerusalem;

Then they called them in again and commanded them not to speak or teach at all in the name of Jesus.

And one of them, a lawyer, asked him a question, to test him.

And one of the scribes came up and heard them disputing with one another, and seeing that he had answered them well, asked him, "Which commandment is the first of all?"

Then the chief priests and the elders of the people assembled in the palace of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas,

The chief priests and the scribes stood by, vehemently accusing him.

for he taught them as one who had authority, and not as their scribes.

And they were astonished at his teaching, for he taught them as one who had authority, and not as the scribes.

Where is the wise man? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?

And in his teaching he said, "Beware of the scribes, who like to go around in long robes, and to have salutations in the market places and the best seats in the synagogues and the places of honor at feasts,

"Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you travel land and sea to win a single proselyte, and when he becomes one, you make him twice as much a son of hell as yourselves.

And he said to them, "Therefore every scribe who has been instructed for the kingdom of heaven is like a householder who brings out of his treasure what is new and what is old."

"The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat.

There occurred a great uproar; and some of the scribes of the Pharisees' party stood up and began to argue heatedly, saying, "We find nothing wrong with this man. What if a spirit or an angel has spoken to him?"

Then the scribes and the Pharisees brought to him a woman caught in adultery. And when they had set her in the midst,