Then 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

The Pharisees who had been sent

( Now they had been sent from the Pharisees.)

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, who dearly loved their money, heard all this and scoffed at him.

“ What sorrow awaits you teachers of religious law and you Pharisees. Hypocrites! For you shut the door of the Kingdom of Heaven in people’s faces. You won’t go in yourselves, and you don’t let others enter either.

As Jesus was leaving, the teachers of religious law and the Pharisees became hostile and tried to provoke him with many questions.

You blind Pharisee! First wash the inside of the cup and the dish, and then the outside will become clean, too.

Then the Lord said to him,“ You Pharisees are so careful to clean the outside of the cup and the dish, but inside you are filthy— full of greed and wickedness!Fools! Didn’t God make the inside as well as the outside?So clean the inside by giving gifts to the poor, and you will be clean all over.“ What sorrow awaits you Pharisees! For you are careful to tithe even the tiniest income from your herb gardens, but you ignore justice and the love of God. You should tithe, yes, but do not neglect the more important things.“ What sorrow awaits you Pharisees! For you love to sit in the seats of honor in the synagogues and receive respectful greetings as you walk in the marketplaces.Yes, what sorrow awaits you! For you are like hidden graves in a field. People walk over them without knowing the corruption they are stepping on.”

But the Pharisees and experts in religious law rejected God’s plan for them, for they had refused John’s baptism.

“ Have you been led astray, too?” the Pharisees mocked.“ Is there a single one of us rulers or Pharisees who believes in him?This foolish crowd follows him, but they are ignorant of the law. God’s curse is on them!”

for the Sadducees say there is no resurrection or angels or spirits, but the Pharisees believe in all of these.

I was circumcised when I was eight days old. I am a pure blooded citizen of Israel and a member of the tribe of Benjamin— a real Hebrew if there ever was one! I was a member of the Pharisees, who demand the strictest obedience to the Jewish law.I was so zealous that I harshly persecuted the church. And as for righteousness, I obeyed the law without fault.

If they would admit it, they know that I have been a member of the Pharisees, the strictest sect of our religion.

There was a man named Nicodemus, a Jewish religious leader who was a Pharisee.After dark one evening, he came to speak with Jesus.“ Rabbi,” he said,“ we all know that God has sent you to teach us. Your miraculous signs are evidence that God is with you.”