so that the blood of all the prophets, shed since the foundation of the world, may be charged against this generation, from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah, who was killed between the altar and the house of God; yes, I tell you, it shall be charged against this generation., Woe to you lawyers! Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Woe to you Pharisees! Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! T/F. They questioned Him, saying, Teacher, we know that You speak and teach correctly, and You are not partial to any, but teach the way of God in truth. Both sects of Pharisees and Sadducees, among a host of other Jewish sects, arose around 430 BCE during the. Then the Pharisees also were asking him again how he received his sight. The Nazarene was a worthy sparring partner. Woe to you! But they themselves were filled with rage, and discussed together what they might do to Jesus. But the Pharisees went out and conspired against Him, as to how they might destroy Him. This is the great and foremost commandment. . The seven woes are addressed to the teachers of the law and Pharisees; in one of the woes, He calls them "blind guides" ( Matthew 23:16 ). But shall we say, From men?they were afraid of the people, for everyone considered John to have been a real prophet. Now one of the Pharisees was requesting Him to dine with him, and He entered the Pharisees house and reclined at the table. But do not be called Rabbi; for One is your Teacher, and you are all brothers. The Pharisees of the New Testament are clearly cast as the bad guys, the perfect ideological and spiritual foils to Jesus and his followers. Why did the Pharisees invited Jesus to dinner? Jonah was in the belly of the whale 4 days. And Levi gave a big reception for Him in his house; and there was a great crowd of tax collectors and other people who were reclining at the table with them. So you, too, outwardly appear righteous to men, but inwardly you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness. In three passages where Jesus' healing led to a confrontation, Jesus references how the Jews "worked" on the Sabbath by taking care of their animals, and that work was sanctioned by the Pharisees. this man came to Jesus by night and said to Him, Rabbi, we know that You have come from God as a teacher; for no one can do these signs that You do unless God is with him.. The Pharisees saw this as another opportunity to accuse Jesus if He would heal the man on the Sabbath, and they raised the question, "Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath days?" (12:10). But do not be called Rabbi; for One is your Teacher, and you are all brothers. Now one of the Pharisees was requesting Him to dine with him, and He entered the Pharisees house and reclined at the table. Truly I say to you, all these things will come upon this generation. They may even have remembered that several Sabbaths before this one Jesus had healed a crippled woman in a synagogue and had demolished the objections of the ruler of that synagogue. The Pharisees went out and immediately began conspiring with the Herodians against Him, as to how they might destroy Him. He will come and destroy the vine-growers, and will give the vineyard to others. And he said to them, He applied clay to my eyes, and I washed, and I see.read more.Therefore some of the Pharisees were saying, This man is not from God, because He does not keep the Sabbath. But others were saying, How can a man who is a sinner perform such signs? And there was a division among them. But when the Pharisees heard that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered themselves together. Now He was also saying to the disciples, There was a rich man who had a manager, and this manager was reported to him as squandering his possessions. I am not strong enough to dig; I am ashamed to beg. They were all struck with astonishment and began glorifying God; and they were filled with fear, saying, We have seen remarkable things today., Then it happened that as Jesus was reclining at the table in the house, behold, many tax collectors and sinners came and were dining with Jesus and His disciples. Watchthe video below. So you, too, outwardly appear righteous to men, but inwardly you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness. And it *happened that He was reclining at the table in his house, and many tax collectors and sinners were dining with Jesus and His disciples; for there were many of them, and they were following Him. They questioned Him, saying, Teacher, we know that You speak and teach correctly, and You are not partial to any, but teach the way of God in truth. But He knew what they were thinking, and He said to the man with the withered hand, Get up and come forward! And he got up and came forward. It is the Sabbath. And it happened that He was passing through the grainfields on the Sabbath, and His disciples began to make their way along while picking the heads of grain. Under these circumstances, after so many thousands of people had gathered together that they were stepping on one another, He began saying to His disciples first of all, Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. Then a demon-possessed man who was blind and mute was brought to Jesus, and He healed him, so that the mute man spoke and saw. plotting against Him to catch Him in something He might say. Then Jesus spoke to the crowds and to His disciples, saying: The scribes and the Pharisees have seated themselves in the chair of Moses; therefore all that they tell you, do and observe, but do not do according to their deeds; for they say things and do not do them.read more.They tie up heavy burdens and lay them on mens shoulders, but they themselves are unwilling to move them with so much as a finger. The Pharisees are portrayed as nitpicky enforcers of Jewish law who are focused so intently on the letter of the law that they miss the spirit entirely. At the time of Jesus, there were approximately 4 million people living in Palestine. In His teaching He was saying: Beware of the scribes who like to walk around in long robes, and like respectful greetings in the market places. But the Pharisee, noticing that Jesus did not first wash before the meal, was surprised. They took him, and beat him and sent him away empty-handed. In fact, what they thought about Jesus' not washing his hands is true of them. Therefore I say to you, the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people, producing the fruit of it. The ruling Pharisees and Scribes kept a wary and suspicious eye on this very popular Teacher and miracle-worker Jesus and tenaciously followed Him wherever He went. From now on sin no more.], Now when the Pharisee who had invited Him saw this, he said to himself, If this man were a prophet He would know who and what sort of person this woman is who is touching Him, that she is a sinner., And Jesus answered him, Simon, I have something to say to you. And he replied, Say it, Teacher.. And Jesus said, For judgment I came into this world, so that those who do not see may see, and that those who see may become blind. Those of the Pharisees who were with Him heard these things and said to Him, We are not blind too, are we? Jesus said to them, If you were blind, you would have no sin; but since you say, We see, your sin remains. But woe to you Pharisees! Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! After the demon was cast out, the mute man spoke; and the crowds were amazed, and were saying, Nothing like this has ever been seen in Israel., But the Pharisees were saying, He casts out the demons by the ruler of the demons.. In these verses Jesus turns the tables: instead of the Pharisees observing Jesus, Jesus observes the Pharisees. Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! They *came and *said to Him, Teacher, we know that You are truthful and defer to no one; for You are not partial to any, but teach the way of God in truth. Jesus saw the snare. Jesus *said to them, Did you never read in the Scriptures. Print. 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. At the harvest time he sent a slave to the vine-growers, in order to receive some of the produce of the vineyard from the vine-growers. After looking around at them all, He said to him, Stretch out your hand! And he did so; and his hand was restored. While not saying it in so many words, He implied that they were usurpers who were not truly successors of Moses. And they *came, bringing to Him a paralytic, carried by four men. On the same Sabbath, Jesus entered the synagogue and was confronted by a man with a paralyzed hand. Shall we pay or shall we not pay? But He, knowing their hypocrisy, said to them, Why are you testing Me? The Pharisees went out and immediately began conspiring with the Herodians against Him, as to how they might destroy Him. But Jesus, aware of their reasonings, answered and said to them, Why are you reasoning in your hearts? And if you have not been faithful in the use of that which is anothers, who will give you that which is your own? And He *said to them, Is it lawful to do good or to do harm on the Sabbath, to save a life or to kill? But they kept silent. The men of Nineveh will stand up with this generation at the judgment and condemn it, because they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and behold, something greater than Jonah is here. And whoever swears by the temple, swears both by the temple and by Him who dwells within it. Immediately Jesus, aware in His spirit that they were reasoning that way within themselves, *said to them, Why are you reasoning about these things in your hearts? They love the place of honor at banquets and the chief seats in the synagogues, and respectful greetings in the market places, and being called Rabbi by men. Whoever exalts himself shall be humbled; and whoever humbles himself shall be exalted. And He took hold of him and healed him, and sent him away. So obey everything they teach you, but don't do as they do. As Jesus says: But Jesus said to them, Because of your hardness of heart he wrote you this commandment. For you are like concealed tombs, and the people who walk over them are unaware of it. One of the lawyers *said to Him in reply, Teacher, when You say this, You insult us too. But He said, Woe to you lawyers as well! Again he sent another group of slaves larger than the first; and they did the same thing to them. And it's based on a true story. Then they *sent some of the Pharisees and Herodians to Him in order to trap Him in a statement. For you are like concealed tombs, and the people who walk over them are unaware of it., One of the lawyers *said to Him in reply, Teacher, when You say this, You insult us too.. New International Version So Judas came to the garden, guiding a detachment of soldiers and some officials from the chief priests and the Pharisees. Do you not yet understand or remember the five loaves of the five thousand, and how many baskets full you picked up? But Jesus looked at them and said, What then is this that is written: Everyone who falls on that stone will be broken to pieces; but on whomever it falls, it will scatter him like dust.. For just as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so will the Son of Man be to this generation. Do not be called leaders; for One is your Leader, that is, Christ. They had come (to observe Jesus) from every village of Galilee and from Judea and Jerusalem. There was a landowner who, vineyard and put a wall around it and dug a wine press in it, and built a tower. He will come and destroy the vine-growers, and will give the vineyard to others. And he called him and said to him, What is this I hear about you? After all, they say one thing and do something else. Therefore whatever they tell you to observe, that observe and do, but do not do according to their works; for they say, and do not do. 2. 2 And straightway many were gathered together, insomuch that there was no room to receive them, no, not so much as about the door: and he preached the word unto them. It happened that when He went into the house of one of the leaders of the Pharisees on the Sabbath to eat bread, they were watching Him closely. Woe to you, blind guides, who say, Whoever swears by the temple, that is nothing; but whoever swears by the gold of the temple is obligated. You fools and blind men! CLICK HERE for article on Jesus Versus Jewish Law, Jesus asked the Pharisees: What do you think I should do with this man? Answer Me. They began reasoning among themselves, saying, If we say, From heaven, He will say, Then why did you not believe him?read more.But shall we say, From men?they were afraid of the people, for everyone considered John to have been a real prophet. And there was a woman in the city who was a sinner; and when she learned that He was reclining at the table in the Pharisees house, she brought an alabaster vial of perfume, and standing behind Him at His feet, weeping, she began to wet His feet with her tears, and kept wiping them with the hair of her head, and kissing His feet and anointing them with the perfume.read more.Now when the Pharisee who had invited Him saw this, he said to himself, If this man were a prophet He would know who and what sort of person this woman is who is touching Him, that she is a sinner., Now all the tax collectors and the sinners were coming near Him to listen to Him. Then Jesus spoke to the crowds and to His disciples. Everyone who falls on that stone will be broken to pieces; but on whomever it falls, it will scatter him like dust. The scribes and the chief priests tried to lay hands on Him that very hour, and they feared the people; for they understood that He spoke this parable against them. Seeing their faith, Jesus said to the paralytic, Take courage, son; your sins are forgiven., And some of the scribes said to themselves, This fellow blasphemes.. They were carrying torches, lanterns and weapons. At the harvest time he sent a slave to the vine-growers, in order to receive some of the produce of the vineyard from the vine-growers. But they knew for sure if they said it was lawful to heal on the Sabbath, they would betray rabbinical teachings (Halakhah). At the harvest time he sent a slave to the vine-growers, so that they would give him some of the produce of the vineyard; but the vine-growers beat him and sent him away empty-handed. Did not the one who made the outside make the inside also? He had one more to send, a beloved son; he sent him last of all to them, saying, They will respect my son., But those vine-growers said to one another, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours!. 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For you pay tithe of mint and rue and every kind of garden herb, and yet disregard justice and the love of God; but these are the things you should have done without neglecting the others. The story of the feast in the house of Simon the Pharisee is told at Luke, 7, 36-50. Christ wasn't fond of the hardness of the Pharisees' hearts and he confronted them by asking them if it was okay to do good on the Sabbath. [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.] He will come and destroy these vine-growers and will give the vineyard to others. When they heard it, they said, May it never be!. Pharisee comes from the Aramaic word perishayya meaning separated, separatist. In the time of Jesus they were a very influential religious sect which practiced strict observance of written Biblical laws as well as the oral/man-made laws in the Halakhah. How is it that you do not understand that I did not speak to you concerning bread? And do you not remember, when I broke the five loaves for the five thousand, how many baskets full of broken pieces you picked up? They *said to Him, Twelve. When I broke the seven for the four thousand, how many large baskets full of broken pieces did you pick up? And they *said to Him, Seven. And He was saying to them, Do you not yet understand?. The Jewish historian Josephus (37100 AD) whose Hebrew name was Yosef ben Matityahu writes at the time of Herod (734 BC) the Pharisees numbered about 6,000. Antiquities 17.2.4 Teachers of the law, aka Scribes were rabbis whose specialty was expounding on and teaching the Old Testament laws as well as the oral laws in the Halakhah. when I broke the five loaves for the five thousand, how many baskets full of broken pieces you picked up? They *said to Him, Twelve., When I broke the seven for the four thousand, how many large baskets full of broken pieces did you pick up? And they *said to Him, Seven., And He was saying to them, Do you not yet understand?, Listen to another parable. And I say to you, make friends for yourselves by means of the wealth of unrighteousness, so that when it fails, they will receive you into the eternal dwellings. All the crowds were amazed, and were saying, This man cannot be the Son of David, can he?, But when the Pharisees heard this, they said, This man casts out demons only by Beelzebul the ruler of the demons.. When they heard it, they began to go out one by one, beginning with the older ones, and He was left alone, and the woman, where she was, in the center of the court. Or the seven loaves of the four thousand, and how many large baskets full you picked up? And they *sent their disciples to Him, along with the Herodians, saying, Teacher, we know that You are truthful and teach the way of God in truth, and defer to no one; for You are not partial to any. The vine-growers took his slaves and beat one, and killed another, and stoned a third. Show Me the coin used for the poll-tax. And they brought Him a denarius. For you have taken away the key of knowledge; you yourselves did not enter, and you hindered those who were entering.. He corrected their misinterpretations by appealing to His own authority. That is the essence of beatitude. You blind Pharisee, first clean the inside of the cup and of the dish, so that the outside of it may become clean also. They had placed the man with dropsy right in front of Him to see if He would break the Halakhah laws of the Sabbath and heal the afflicted man. Woe to you! They *brought to the Pharisees the man who was formerly blind. Should I heal him or not? Jesus had turned the tables on them. He *said to the man with the withered hand, Get up and come forward!. And I say to you, whoever divorces his wife, except for immorality, and marries another woman commits adultery., Some Pharisees came up to Jesus, testing Him, and began to question Him whether it was lawful for a man to divorce a wife. The Queen of the South will rise up with the men of this generation at the judgment and condemn them, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, something greater than Solomon is here. The "cleanliness tables" have turned! From now on sin no more.]. How Did Jesus Spend the Last Week of His Life? Therefore some of the Pharisees were saying, This man is not from God, because He does not keep the Sabbath. But others were saying, How can a man who is a sinner perform such signs? And there was a division among them. As the crowds were increasing, He began to say, This generation is a wicked generation; it seeks for a sign, and yet no sign will be given to it but the sign of Jonah. . And He answered and said to them, What did Moses command you?. Tell us then, what do You think? The scribes and the Pharisees *brought a woman caught in adultery, and having set her in the center of the court. Answering Jesus, they *said, We do not know. And Jesus *said to them, Nor will I tell you by what authority I do these things., Jesus answered and said to them, I will also ask you a question, and you tell Me: Was the baptism of John from heaven or from men? They reasoned among themselves, saying, If we say, From heaven, He will say, Why did you not believe him?read more.But if we say, From men, all the people will stone us to death, for they are convinced that John was a prophet. So they answered that they did not know where it came from. The Pharisees and Sadducees came up, and testing Jesus, they asked Him to show them a sign from heaven. For you clean the outside of the cup and of the dish, but inside they are full of robbery and self-indulgence. At that time Jesus went through the grainfields on the Sabbath, and His disciples became hungry and began to pick the heads of grain and eat. One day Jesus was teaching, and Pharisees and teachers of the law (Scribes) were sitting there. T/F, 4. David himself calls Him Lord; so in what sense is He his son? And the large crowd enjoyed listening to Him. The Pharisees came out and began to argue with Him, seeking from Him a sign from heaven, to test Him. For you have taken away the key of knowledge; you yourselves did not enter, and you hindered those who were entering.. But He replied to them, "When it is evening, you say, 'It will be fair weather, for the sky is red.' And in the morning, 'There will be a storm today, for the sky is red and threatening.' When the Pharisees saw this, they said to His disciples, Why is your Teacher eating with the tax collectors and sinners?. Straightening up, Jesus said to her, Woman, where are they? Jesus Revolution may take place in the 70s, but it's a movie for our times. The baptism of John was from what source, from heaven or from men? And they began reasoning among themselves, saying, If we say, From heaven, He will say to us, Then why did you not believe him?, But if we say, From men, we fear the people; for they all regard John as a prophet.. What therefore God has joined together, let no man separate., They *said to Him, Why then did Moses command to, give her a certificate of divorce and send. And they had forgotten to take bread, and did not have more than one loaf in the boat with them. But the Lord said to him, Now you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and of the platter; but inside of you, you are full of robbery and wickedness.read more.You foolish ones, did not He who made the outside make the inside also? He entered again into a synagogue; and a man was there whose hand was withered. And He said to them, You are those who justify yourselves in the sight of men, but God knows your hearts; for that which is highly esteemed among men is detestable in the sight of God. But afterward he sent his son to them, saying, They will respect my son., But when the vine-growers saw the son, they said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him and seize his inheritance.. And He began to tell the people this parable: A man planted a vineyard and rented it out to vine-growers, and went on a journey for a long time. So you are witnesses and approve the deeds of your fathers; because it was they who killed them, and you build their tombs. Discussing; Jesus quotes old testament in Matthew, Jesus quotes the Old Testament in Luke. Some of the Pharisees even invited Jesus to have dinner with them in their homes: a Pharisee invited (Jesus) to eat with him, so he went in and reclined at the table. When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard His parables, they understood that He was speaking about them. And He began to tell the people this parable: A man planted a vineyard and rented it out to vine-growers, and went on a journey for a long time. He is blaspheming; who can forgive sins but God alone? Immediately Jesus, aware in His spirit that they were reasoning that way within themselves, *said to them, Why are you reasoning about these things in your hearts? Nor did the ruling classes of the Jews, especially the Pharisees, like or revere Jesus. The baptism of John was from what source, from heaven or from men? And they began reasoning among themselves, saying, If we say, From heaven, He will say to us, Then why did you not believe him? But if we say, From men, we fear the people; for they all regard John as a prophet.read more.And answering Jesus, they said, We do not know. He also said to them, Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things. And he said to them, He applied clay to my eyes, and I washed, and I see.. They were saying this, testing Him, so that they might have grounds for accusing Him. Woe to you! As they were going out, a mute, demon-possessed man was brought to Him. And Jesus, aware of this, *said to them, Why do you discuss the fact that you have no bread? They were watching Him to see if He would heal him on the Sabbath, so that they might accuse Him. For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother, What therefore God has joined together, let no man separate.. For you weigh men down with burdens hard to bear, while you yourselves will not even touch the burdens with one of your fingers. The converted disciple of Jesus, Matthew, the Jewish tax collector, records Jesus words about Scribes & Pharisees in Matthew 23:1-7, Then Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples: The teachers of the law (Scribes) and the Pharisees sit in Moses seat. And they questioned Jesus, asking, Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?so that they might accuse Him. But afterward he sent his son to them, saying, They will respect my son. But when the vine-growers saw the son, they said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him and seize his inheritance. They took him, and threw him out of the vineyard and killed him. This discourse, as a whole, is found only in Matthew. How much more valuable then is a man than a sheep! Jesus also was not usually debated by Pharisees on terms of his moral views, but on his theology. Which is more important, the gold or the temple that sanctified the gold? . At the end of His denunciations, He calls them "snakes" and "brood of vipers" (verse 33). An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign; and a sign will not be given it, except the sign of Jonah. And He left them and went away. But He knew what they were thinking, and He said to the man with the withered hand, Get up and come forward! And he got up and came forward.read more.And Jesus said to them, I ask you, is it lawful to do good or to do harm on the Sabbath, to save a life or to destroy it? After looking around at them all, He said to him, Stretch out your hand! And he did so; and his hand was restored. The scribes and the Pharisees *brought a woman caught in adultery, and having set her in the center of the court, they *said to Him, Teacher, this woman has been caught in adultery, in the very act. The point is, to avoid hypocrisy, we all must allow the Word to confront our sins and respond with repentance and obedience, not with hardness of heart. You foolish people! 3 And they come unto him, bringing one sick of the . And Jesus said to them, Nor will I tell you by what authority I do these things.. The Pharisees were saying to Him, Look, why are they doing what is not lawful on the Sabbath?, Now it happened that He was passing through some grainfields on a Sabbath; and His disciples were picking the heads of grain, rubbing them in their hands, and eating the grain. They were all struck with astonishment and began glorifying God; and they were filled with fear, saying, We have seen remarkable things today..
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