14 Bible Verses about Scribes

Some scribes said to themselves, "The man is talking blasphemy!"

And in the course of his teaching he said, "Beware of the scribes! They like to walk about in long robes, to get saluted in the marketplaces, to secure the front seats in the synagogues and the best places at banquets;

And as Jesus taught in the temple he asked, "How can the scribes say that the Christ is David's son?

so he gathered all the high priests and scribes of the people and made inquiries of them about where the messiah was to be born.

The disciples inquired of him, "Then why do the scribes say that Elijah has to come first?"

But the scribes who had come down from Jerusalem said, "He has Beelzebul," and "It is by the prince of daemons that he casts out daemons."

But when the high priests and scribes saw his wonderful deeds and saw the children who shouted in the temple, "Hosanna to the Son of David!" they were indignant;

Now there were some scribes sitting there who argued in their hearts, "What does the man mean by talking like this? It is blasphemy! Who can forgive sins, who but God alone?"

In this way they excited the people, the elders, and the scribes, who rushed on him, dragged him away, and took him before the Sanhedrin.

Next morning a meeting was held in Jerusalem of their rulers, elders and scribes,

So they called the men in and ordered them not to speak or teach a single sentence about the Name of Jesus.

and one of them, a jurist, put a question in order to tempt him.

Then a scribe came up, who had listened to the discussion. Knowing Jesus had given them an apt answer, he put this question to him, "What is the chief of all the commands?"

Then the high priests and the elders of the people met in the palace of the high priest who was called Caiaphas

Meanwhile the high priests and scribes stood and accused him with might and main.

for he taught them like an authority, not like their own scribes.

and people were astounded at his teaching, for he taught them like an authority, not like the scribes.

Sage, scribe, critic of this world, where are they all? Has not God stultified the wisdom of the world?

And in the course of his teaching he said, "Beware of the scribes! They like to walk about in long robes, to get saluted in the marketplaces, to secure the front seats in the synagogues and the best places at banquets;

Woe to you, you impious scribes and Pharisees! you traverse sea and land to make a single proselyte, and when you succeed you make him a son of Gehenna twice as bad as yourselves.

So he said to them, "Well then, every scribe who has become a disciple of the Realm of heaven is like a householder who produces what is new and what is old from his stores."

"The scribes and Pharisees sit on the seat of Moses;

Thus a loud clamour broke out. Some of the scribes who belonged to the Pharisaic party got up and contended, "We find nothing wrong about this man. What if some spirit or angel has spoken to him?"

The scribes and Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in the act of committing adultery, and making her stand forward