And the scribes of the Pharisees, when they saw him eating with sinners and tax collectors, said to his disciples, "Why does he eat with tax collectors and sinners?"

Now John's disciples and the Pharisees were fasting. And people came and said to him, "Why do John's disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not fast?"

And the Pharisees said to him, "Look, why are they doing what is not lawful on the Sabbath?"

Then the Pharisees went out and immediately plotted with the Herodians against him, how they might destroy him.

Now when the Pharisees and some of the scribes who had come from Jerusalem gathered together to him,

(For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they wash their hands in a special way, holding the tradition of the elders.

The Pharisees and the scribes asked him, "Why do your disciples not live according to the tradition of the elders, but eat with impure hands?"

The Pharisees came and began to argue with him, seeking from him a sign from heaven, to test him.

And he cautioned them, saying, "Take heed, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod."

The Pharisees came and in order to test him asked, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?"

Then they sent to him some of the Pharisees and the Herodians, to catch him in his words.