18 Bible Verses about Jewish Sects

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?

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

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

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?"

"The Scribes and Pharisees sit in Moses' seat;

but the Pharisees and lawyers who had refused his baptism, frustrated God's purpose for themselves.

"Two men are going up to the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, the other a tax-gatherer.

but Gamaliel, a Pharisee, a teacher of the law, and held in honor by all the people, rose from his seat, and ordered the apostles to be put outside for a little while.

Then perceiving that half the Sanhedrin were Sadducees and the other half Pharisee, he cried out in the Sanhedrin. "Brothers, I am a Pharisee, the son of Pharisees! It is for the hope of the resurrection of the dead that I am on trial!"

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

That very day there came to him some Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection. and they questioned him.

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

While they were addressing the people the priests, the commander of the Temple, and the Sadducees came upon them,

This aroused bitter indignation among the high priest and his followers who were of the sect of the Sadducees,

For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, neither angel nor spirit; the Pharisees affirm them all.

So they sent their disciples to him, with the Herodians. "Teacher," they said, "we know that you are honest, and that you are teaching the way of God in sincerity; and are not afraid of any one, for you do not court men's favor.

As soon as they came out, the Pharisees plotted against him with the Herodians, in order to destroy him.

But they sent some of the Pharisees to Jesus afterward, and some of the Herodians to entrap him in conversation.