Jer 8:8-9, Mat 11:25, 13:11, 15:6-9, 14, 23:24-36, Heb 5:12 | ESV | STEP | How can you say , We are wise , and the law of the Lord is with us ? But behold , the lying pen of the scribes has made it into a lie .

8 ^a“How can you say, ‘We are wise,
and the law of the Lord is with us’?
But behold, the lying pen of the scribes
has made it into a lie.
9 ^bThe wise men shall be put to shame;
they shall be dismayed ^cand taken;
behold, they have rejected the word of the Lord,
so what wisdom is in them?

Matthew 11:25

Come to Me, and I Will Give You Rest

25 ^dAt that time Jesus declared, “I thank you, Father, ^eLord of heaven and earth, that ^fyou have hidden these things from the wise and understanding and ^grevealed them to little children;

Matthew 13:11

11 And he answered them, ^h“To you it has been given to know ⁱthe secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given.

Matthew 15:6-9

6 he need not honor his father.’ So for the sake of your tradition you have ^jmade void the word ^{▼▼Some manuscripts law} of God. 7 ^lYou hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy of you, when he said:

8 ^m“‘This people honors me with their lips,
but their heart is far from me;
9 in vain do they worship me,
teaching as ⁿdoctrines the commandments of men.’”

Matthew 15:14

14 Let them alone; ^othey are blind guides. ^{▼▼Some manuscripts add of the blind} And ^qif the blind lead the blind, both will fall into a pit.”

Matthew 23:24-36

24 You blind guides, straining out a gnat and swallowing ^ra camel!

25 ^s“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For ^tyou clean the outside of ^uthe cup and the plate, but inside they are full of ^vgreed and self-indulgence. 26 You blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of ^wthe cup and the plate, that the outside also may be clean.

27 ^x“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like ^ywhitewashed tombs, which outwardly appear beautiful, but within are full of dead people’s bones and ^zall uncleanness. 28 So you also ^aaoutwardly appear righteous to others, but within you are full of ^abhypocrisy and lawlessness.

29 ^ac“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you build the tombs of the prophets and decorate the monuments of the righteous, 30 saying, ‘If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we would not have taken part with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.’ 31 Thus you witness against yourselves that you are ^adsons of those who murdered the prophets. 32 ^aeFill up, then, the measure of your fathers. 33 You serpents, ^afyou brood of vipers, how are you to escape being sentenced to ^aghell? 34 ^ahTherefore ^aiI send you ^ajprophets and wise men and ^akscribes, ^alsome of whom you will kill and crucify, and ^amsome you will ^anflog in your synagogues and ^aopersecute from town to town, 35 so that on you may come all ^apthe righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous ^aqAbel to the blood of ^arZechariah the son of Barachiah, ^{▼▼Some manuscripts omit the son of Barachiah} whom you murdered between ^atthe sanctuary and ^authe altar. 36 Truly, I say to you, ^avall these things will come upon this generation.

Hebrews 5:12

12 For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you again ^awthe basic principles of the oracles of God. You need ^axmilk, not solid food,