John 1:24

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John 1:24

And they which were sent were of the Pharisees.

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Now one of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, was there, a ruler of the Jews:

upon which the Pharisees answered, are ye also seduced?

Wo unto you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, who prey upon the estates of widows, under the pretext of making long prayers; therefore ye shall be punish'd with the greater severity.

but the Pharisees and the doctors of the law rejected the divine offers made to them, refusing to be baptized by John.

upon which the Lord said to him, you Pharisees won't leave any filth upon the outside of a cup or a platter: while your consciences are abandon'd to rapine, and sensuality.

The Pharisees too, who were noted for avarice, heard all this discourse, and treated him with derision.

for the Sadducees maintain, there is neither resurrection, nor angel, or spirit, whereas the Pharisees acknowledge both: the clamour was great,

they can testify, if they will, that I early profess'd myself a Pharisee, a member of the most rigorous sect of our religion:

being circumcised the eighth day, of the family of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, an Hebrew by descent, by sect a Pharisee.