Mat 12:23-24, 23:13, Joh 7:47-53, 11:47-48, 12:19 | ESV | STEP | And all the people were amazed , and said , Can this be the Son of David ?

Matthew 12:23-24

23 ^aAnd all the people were amazed, and said, ^b“Can this be the Son of David?” 24 But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, ^c“It is only by Beelzebul, the prince of demons, that this man casts out demons.”

Matthew 23:13

13 “But woe ^dto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you ^eshut the kingdom of heaven in people’s faces. For you ^fneither enter yourselves nor allow those who would enter to go in. ^{▼▼Some manuscripts add here (or after verse 12) verse 14: Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you devour widows’ houses and for a pretense you make long prayers; therefore you will receive the greater condemnation}

John 7:47-53

47 The Pharisees answered them, ^h“Have you also been deceived? 48 ⁱHave any of the authorities or the Pharisees believed in him? 49 But this crowd that does not know the law is accursed.” 50 ^jNicodemus, who had gone to him before, and who was one of them, said to them, 51 ^k“Does our law judge a man without first ^lgiving him a hearing and learning what he does?” 52 They replied, ^m“Are you from Galilee too? Search and see that ⁿno prophet arises from Galilee.”

[The earliest manuscripts do not include 7:53–8:11.] ^{▼▼Some manuscripts do not include 7:53–8:11; others add the passage here or after 7:36 or after 21:25 or after Luke 21:38, with variations in the text}

The Woman Caught in Adultery

53 [[They went each to his own house,

John 11:47-48

47 So the chief priests and the Pharisees ^pgathered ^qthe council and said, ^r“What are we to do? For this man performs many signs. 48 If we let him go on like this, everyone will believe in him, and ^sthe Romans will come and take away both our ^tplace and our nation.”

John 12:19

19 So the Pharisees said to one another, ^u“You see that you are gaining nothing. Look, ^vthe world has gone after him.”