Bible Verses About The Pharisees

But when Yochanan saw many of the P'rushim and Tz'dukim coming to be immersed by him, he said to them, "You snakes! Who warned you to escape the coming punishment?

For I tell you that unless your righteousness is far greater than that of the Torah-teachers and P'rushim, you will certainly not enter the Kingdom of Heaven!

When the P'rushim saw this, they said to his talmidim, "Why does your rabbi eat with tax-collectors and sinners?"

But the P'rushim said, "It is through the ruler of the demons that he expels demons."

But the P'rushim went out and began plotting how they might do away with Yeshua.

But when the P'rushim heard of it, they said, "It is only by Ba`al-Zibbul" -- the ruler of the demons -- "that this man drives out demons."

At this some of the Torah-teachers said, "Rabbi, we want to see a miraculous sign from you."

He replied, "A wicked and adulterous generation asks for a sign? No! None will be given to it but the sign of the prophet Yonah.

The talmidim came to him and said, "Do you know that the P'rushim were offended by what you said?"

Then some P'rushim and Tz'dukim came to trap Yeshua by asking him to show them a miraculous sign from Heaven.

So when Yeshua said to them, "Watch out! Guard yourselves against the hametz of the P'rushim and Tz'dukim,"

How can you possibly think I was talking to you about bread? Guard yourselves from the hametz of the P'rushim and Tz'dukim!"

Then they understood -- they were to guard themselves not from yeast for bread but from the teaching of the P'rushim and Tz'dukim.

Some P'rushim came and tried to trap him by asking, "Is it permitted for a man to divorce his wife on any ground whatever?"

As the head cohanim and the P'rushim listened to his stories, they saw that he was speaking about them.

But when they set about to arrest him, they were afraid of the crowds; because the crowds considered him a prophet.

Then the P'rushim went away and put together a plan to trap Yeshua with his own words.

They sent him some of their talmidim and some members of Herod's party. They said, "Rabbi, we know that you tell the truth and really teach what God's way is. You aren't concerned with what other people think about you, since you pay no attention to a person's status.

and one of them who was a Torah expert asked a sh'eilah to trap him:

They tie heavy loads onto people's shoulders but won't lift a finger to help carry them

Everything they do is done to be seen by others; for they make their t'fillin broad and their tzitziyot long,

they love the place of honor at banquets and the best seats in the synagogues,

and they love being greeted deferentially in the marketplaces and being called `Rabbi.'

"But you are not to let yourselves be called `Rabbi'; because you have one Rabbi, and you are all each other's brothers.

And do not call anyone on earth `Father.' because you have one Father, and he is in heaven.