But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming for baptism, he said to them, “You brood of vipers, who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?

“For I say to you that unless your righteousness surpasses that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will not enter the kingdom of heaven.

When the Pharisees saw this, they said to His disciples, “Why is your Teacher eating with the tax collectors and sinners?”

Then the disciples of John *came to Him, asking, “Why do we and the Pharisees fast, but Your disciples do not fast?”

But the Pharisees were saying, “He casts out the demons by the ruler of the demons.”

But when the Pharisees saw this, they said to Him, “Look, Your disciples do what is not lawful to do on a Sabbath.”

But the Pharisees went out and conspired against Him, as to how they might destroy Him.

But when the Pharisees heard this, they said, “This man casts out demons only by Beelzebul the ruler of the demons.”

Then some of the scribes and Pharisees said to Him, “Teacher, we want to see a sign from You.”

Then some Pharisees and scribes *came to Jesus from Jerusalem and said,

Then the disciples *came and *said to Him, “Do You know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this statement?”

The Pharisees and Sadducees came up, and testing Jesus, they asked Him to show them a sign from heaven.

And Jesus said to them, “Watch out and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”

How is it that you do not understand that I did not speak to you concerning bread? But beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”

Then they understood that He did not say to beware of the leaven of bread, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

Some Pharisees came to Jesus, testing Him and asking, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason at all?”

When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard His parables, they understood that He was speaking about them.

Then the Pharisees went and plotted together how they might trap Him in what He said.

But when the Pharisees heard that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered themselves together.

Now while the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them a question:

saying: “The scribes and the Pharisees have seated themselves in the chair of Moses;

“But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because you shut off the kingdom of heaven from people; for you do not enter in yourselves, nor do you allow those who are entering to go in.

[Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because you devour widows’ houses, and for a pretense you make long prayers; therefore you will receive greater condemnation.]

“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because you travel around on sea and land to make one proselyte; and when he becomes one, you make him twice as much a son of hell as yourselves.

“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint and dill and cummin, and have neglected the weightier provisions of the law: justice and mercy and faithfulness; but these are the things you should have done without neglecting the others.

“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you clean the outside of the cup and of the dish, but inside they are full of robbery and self-indulgence.

You blind Pharisee, first clean the inside of the cup and of the dish, so that the outside of it may become clean also.

“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs which on the outside appear beautiful, but inside they are full of dead men’s bones and all uncleanness.

“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you build the tombs of the prophets and adorn the monuments of the righteous,

Now on the next day, the day after the preparation, the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered together with Pilate,