The Pharisees who had been sent

那些人是法利赛人差来的；

那些人是法利赛人差来的。

那些人是法利赛人差来的。

派来的人当中有几个法利赛人，他们问他：

这些人是法利赛人派来的。

那些被派来的人属于法利赛人，

那些人是法利賽人差來的；

那些人是法利賽人差來的。

那些人是法利賽人差來的。

派來的人當中有幾個法利賽人，他們問他：

這些人是法利賽人派來的。

那些被差遣的有些是法利賽派的人。

那些被派來的人屬於法利賽人，

其人乃法利賽人所遣、

奉使乃𠵽唎㘔人、

奉遣者乃法利賽人、

使者為法利塞黨人、

Now the Pharisees who had been sent

( Now they had been sent from the Pharisees.)

Then the Pharisees who had been sent

Now they had been sent from the Pharisees.

And the messengers had been sent from the Pharisees.

Now those who were sent were from the Pharisees.

And they had been sent from the Pharisees.

Now they had been sent from the Pharisees.

And they which were sent were of the Pharisees.

( Now they had been sent from the Pharisees.)

The ones who had been sent were from the Pharisees.

The Pharisees loved money. They heard all that Jesus said and made fun of him.

“ How terrible it will be for you, teachers of the law and Pharisees! You pretenders! You shut the door of the kingdom of heaven in people’s faces. You yourselves do not enter. And you will not let those enter who are trying to.

When Jesus went outside, the Pharisees and the teachers of the law strongly opposed him. They threw a lot of questions at him.

Blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and dish. Then the outside will also be clean.

Then the Lord spoke to him.“ You Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and dish,” he said.“ But inside you are full of greed and evil.You foolish people! Didn’t the one who made the outside make the inside also?Give freely to poor people to show what is inside you. Then everything will be clean for you.“ How terrible it will be for you Pharisees! You give God a tenth of your garden plants, such as mint and rue. But you have forgotten to be fair and to love God. You should have practiced the last things without failing to do the first.“ How terrible for you Pharisees! You love the most important seats in the synagogues. You love having people greet you with respect in the market.“ How terrible for you! You are like graves that are not marked. People walk over them without knowing it.”

But the Pharisees and the authorities on the law did not accept for themselves God’s purpose. So they had not been baptized by John.

“ You mean he has fooled you also?” the Pharisees asked.“ Have any of the rulers or Pharisees believed in him?No! But this mob knows nothing about the law. There is a curse on them.”

The Sadducees say that people will not rise from the dead. They don’t believe there are angels or spirits either. But the Pharisees believe all these things.

I was circumcised on the eighth day. I am part of the people of Israel. I am from the tribe of Benjamin. I am a pure Hebrew. As far as the law is concerned, I am a Pharisee.As far as being committed is concerned, I opposed and attacked the church. As far as keeping the law is concerned, I kept it perfectly.

They have known me for a long time. So if they wanted to, they could tell you how I have lived. I have lived by the rules of the Pharisees. Those rules are harder to obey than those of any other Jewish group.

There was a Pharisee named Nicodemus. He was one of the Jewish rulers.He came to Jesus at night and said,“ Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God. We know that God is with you. If he weren’t, you couldn’t do the signs you are doing.”