Matthew 5:20
20For I tell you, unless your righteousness exceeds athat of the scribes and Pharisees, you bwill never enter the kingdom of heaven.Matthew 23:2
2 c“The scribes and the Pharisees dsit on Moses’ seat,Matthew 23:15-28
15Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you travel across sea and land to make a single eproselyte, and when he becomes a proselyte, you make him twice as much a fchild of ghell ▼▼Greek Gehenna; also verse 33
as yourselves. 16“Woe to iyou, jblind guides, who say, k‘If anyone swears by the temple, it is nothing, but if anyone swears by the gold of the temple, he is bound by his oath.’ 17You blind fools! For which is greater, the gold or lthe temple that has made the gold sacred? 18And you say, ‘If anyone swears by the altar, it is nothing, but if anyone swears by mthe gift that is on the altar, he is bound by his oath.’ 19You blind men! For which is greater, the gift or nthe altar that makes the gift sacred? 20So whoever swears by the altar swears by it and by everything on it. 21And whoever swears by the temple swears by it and by ohim who dwells in it. 22And whoever swears by pheaven swears by qthe throne of God and by rhim who sits upon it.
23 s“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For tyou tithe mint and dill and ucumin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law: vjustice and mercy and faithfulness. wThese you ought to have done, without neglecting the others. 24You blind guides, straining out a gnat and swallowing xa camel!
25 y“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For zyou clean the outside of aathe cup and the plate, but inside they are full of abgreed and self-indulgence. 26You blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of acthe cup and the plate, that the outside also may be clean.
27 ad“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like aewhitewashed tombs, which outwardly appear beautiful, but within are full of dead people’s bones and afall uncleanness. 28So you also agoutwardly appear righteous to others, but within you are full of ahhypocrisy and lawlessness.
Luke 5:30
30And the Pharisees and aitheir scribes grumbled at his disciples, saying, aj“Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?”Acts 23:9
9Then a great clamor arose, and some of akthe scribes of the Pharisees’ party stood up and contended sharply, al“We find nothing wrong in this man. What amif a spirit or an angel spoke to him?”
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