But when John saw that many of the Pharisees and Sadducees were coming for baptism, he said: "O brood of vipers! Who has warned you to flee from the wrath to come?

"For I assure you that unless your righteousness exceed that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will not find entrance into the kingdom of heaven.

When the Pharisees saw it, they kept saying to his disciples, "Why does your Teacher eat with the tax-gatherers and sinners?"

At that time the disciples of John came and asked him, "Why are we and the Pharisees always fasting, while your disciples are not?"

But the Pharisees kept saying, "It is in the power of the Prince of the demons that he is casting out demons."

But the Pharisees, when they perceived it, said to him. "Look! Your disciples are doing what it is not lawful to do on the Sabbath!"

The man stretched it out, and it had become sound like the other. But when the Pharisees came out, they consulted together how they might destroy him.

When the Pharisees heard it they said, "It is only by the aid of Beelzebub, the Prince of the demons, that this fellow is driving out demons."

Then some of the Scribes and Pharisees accosted him. "Teacher," they said, "we want to see some sign from you."

Then some Scribes and Pharisees from Jerusalem came to Jesus, saying,

Then his disciples came to him and said, "Do you know that the Pharisees were scandalized when they heard that saying?" He replied.

Then the Pharisees and Sadducees came to him, and in order to test him, asked him to show them a sign from heaven.

Presently Jesus said to them, "Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees."

"How is it that you do not perceive that I did not speak to you concerning bread? But beware off the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees!"

Then they realized that he had not told them to beware of the leaven, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

Presently some of the Pharisees came up to him, and made test of him by asking, "Is it right for a man to divorce his wife for every cause?"

As they listened to his parables, the chief priests and the Pharisees recognized that he was speaking about them;

Then the Pharisees went and took counsel how they might ensnare him during conversation.

As soon as the Pharisees heard that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered themselves together,

Now while the Pharisees were together, Jesus put this question to them.

"The Scribes and Pharisees sit in Moses' seat;

"But woe unto you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You shut the kingdom of heaven in men's faces; for you do not enter, yourselves, nor do you permit those who are about to come in, to enter.

"Woe unto you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you scour sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is gained, you make him twofold more a son of hell than you are, yourselves.

"Woe unto you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint and anise and cummin, and neglect the weightier matters of the Law??ustice and mercy and good faith; these latter you ought to have done, and not to have left the former undone.

"Woe unto you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you clean the outside of the cup and the plate, but within they are filled with extortion and excess.

"You blind Pharisees, first clean the inside of the cup and of the plate, so that the outside of it may be clean also.

"Woe unto you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You are like white-washed sepulchers. They look beautiful without, but within they are filled with dead men's bones and all rottenness.

"Woe unto you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You rebuild the tombs of the prophets, and adorn the monuments of the righteous, and say,

The day after??hat is, the day following the Preparation??he chief priests and Pharisees went in a body to Pilate and said: