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'Scribes' in the Bible

Then the scribes and Pharisees from Jerusalem come up to Jesus, saying,

And his disciples demanded of him saying, Why then say the scribes that Elias must first have come?

Behold we go up to Jerusalem, and the Son of man will be delivered up to the chief priests and scribes, and they will condemn him to death;

And when the chief priests and the scribes saw the wonders which he wrought, and the children crying in the temple and saying, Hosanna to the Son of David, they were indignant,

But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for ye shut up the kingdom of the heavens before men; for ye do not enter, nor do ye suffer those that are entering to go in.

Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for ye compass the sea and the dry land to make one proselyte, and when he is become such, ye make him twofold more the son of hell than yourselves.

Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for ye are like whited sepulchres, which appear beautiful outwardly, but within are full of dead men's bones and all uncleanness.

Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for ye build the sepulchres of the prophets and adorn the tombs of the just,

Therefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes; and some of them ye will kill and crucify, and some of them ye will scourge in your synagogues, and will persecute from city to city;

Now they that had seized Jesus led him away to Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and the elders were assembled.

And in like manner the chief priests also, mocking, with the scribes and elders, said,

And they were astonished at his doctrine, for he taught them as having authority, and not as the scribes.

But certain of the scribes were there sitting, and reasoning in their hearts,

And the scribes and the Pharisees, seeing him eating with sinners and tax-gatherers, said to his disciples, Why is it that he eats and drinks with tax-gatherers and sinners?

And the Pharisees and some of the scribes, coming from Jerusalem, are gathered together to him,

And they asked him saying, Why do the scribes say that Elias must first have come?

And when he came to the disciples he saw a great crowd around them, and scribes disputing against them.

Behold, we go up to Jerusalem, and the Son of man shall be delivered up to the chief priests and to the scribes, and they shall condemn him to death, and shall deliver him up to the nations:

And the chief priests and the scribes heard it, and they sought how they might destroy him; for they feared him, because all the crowd were astonished at his doctrine.

And they come again to Jerusalem. And as he walked about in the temple, the chief priests and the scribes and the elders come to him,

And one of the scribes who had come up, and had heard them reasoning together, perceiving that he had answered them well, demanded of him, Which is the first commandment of all?

And Jesus answering said as he was teaching in the temple, How do the scribes say that the Christ is son of David?

And he said to them in his doctrine, Beware of the scribes, who like to walk about in long robes, and salutations in the marketplaces,

Now the passover and the feast of unleavened bread was after two days. And the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how they might seize him by subtlety and kill him.

And immediately, while he was yet speaking, Judas comes up, being one of the twelve, and with him a great crowd, with swords and sticks, from the chief priests and the scribes and the elders.

And they led away Jesus to the high priest. And there come together to him all the chief priests and the elders and the scribes.

And immediately in the morning the chief priests, having taken counsel with the elders and scribes and the whole sanhedrim, bound Jesus and carried him away, and delivered him up to Pilate.

In like manner the chief priests also, with the scribes, mocking with one another, said, He saved others; himself he cannot save.

And the scribes and the Pharisees began to reason in their minds, saying, Who is this who speaks blasphemies? Who is able to forgive sins but God alone?

And their scribes and the Pharisees murmured at his disciples, saying, Why do ye eat and drink with tax-gatherers and sinners?

And as he said these things to them, the scribes and the Pharisees began to press him urgently, and to make him speak of many things;

And he was teaching day by day in the temple: and the chief priests and the scribes and the chief of the people sought to destroy him,

And it came to pass on one of the days, as he was teaching the people in the temple, and announcing the glad tidings, the chief priests and the scribes with the elders came up,

And some of the scribes answering said, Teacher, thou hast well spoken.

Beware of the scribes, who like to walk about in long robes, and who love salutations in the market-places, and first seats in the synagogues, and first places at suppers;

And when it was day, the elderhood of the people, both the chief priests and scribes, were gathered together, and led him into their council, saying,

And it came to pass on the morrow that their rulers and elders and scribes were gathered together at Jerusalem,

And they roused the people, and the elders, and the scribes. And coming upon him they seized him and brought him to the council.

And there was a great clamour, and the scribes of the Pharisees' part rising up contended, saying, We find nothing evil in this man; and if a spirit has spoken to him, or an angel ...

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ספר 
Caphar 
Usage: 161

ספר 
Capher (Aramaic) 
Usage: 6

γραμματεύς 
Grammateus 
Usage: 49