Bible Verses About Scribes

And when he had assembled all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he asked them where the Christ was to be born.

because He taught as one who had authority, and not as their scribes.

Then He told them, “For this reason, every scribe who has been discipled in the kingdom of heaven is like a homeowner who brings out of his storeroom new treasures as well as old.”

The disciples asked Him, “Why then do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?”

But the chief priests and scribes were indignant when they saw the wonders He performed and the children shouting in the temple courts, “Hosanna to the Son of David!”

One of them, an expert in the law, tested Him with a question:

“The scribes and Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat.

Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You traverse land and sea to win a single convert, and when he becomes one, you make him twice as much a son of hell as you are.

At that time the chief priests and elders of the people assembled in the courtyard of the high priest, whose name was Caiaphas,

The people were astonished at His teaching, because He taught as one who had authority, and not as the scribes.

But some of the scribes were sitting there and thinking in their hearts,

“Why does this man speak like this? He is blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?”

When the scribes who were Pharisees saw Jesus eating with these people, they asked His disciples, “Why does He eat with tax collectors and sinners?”

And the scribes who had come down from Jerusalem were saying, “He is possessed by Beelzebul,” and, “By the prince of the demons He drives out demons.”

Now one of the scribes had come up and heard their debate. Noticing how well Jesus had answered them, he asked Him, “Which commandment is the most important of all?”

While Jesus was teaching in the temple courts, He asked, “How can the scribes say that the Christ is the Son of David?

In His teaching Jesus also said, “Watch out for the scribes. They like to walk around in long robes, to receive greetings in the marketplaces,

and to have the chief seats in the synagogues and the places of honor at banquets.

Meanwhile, the chief priests and scribes stood there, vehemently accusing Him.

The scribes and Pharisees, however, brought to Him a woman caught in adultery. They made her stand before them

The next day the rulers, elders, and scribes assembled in Jerusalem,

So they stirred up the people, elders, and scribes and confronted Stephen. They seized him and brought him before the Sanhedrin,

But as he left, he said, “I will come back to you if God is willing.” And he set sail from Ephesus.

A great clamor arose, and some scribes from the party of the Pharisees got up and contended sharply, “We find nothing wrong with this man. What if a spirit or an angel has spoken to him?”

Where is the wise man? Where is the scribe? Where is the philosopher of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?