Bible verses about "pharisees" | NSB

² Some Pharisees came to him and tried to trap him. »Does our Law allow a man to divorce his wife?« They asked. ³ »What did Moses command you?« Jesus asked. ⁴ They said: »Moses allowed us to write a certificate of divorce and send her away.« ⁵ »He wrote this commandment because of your hard hearts,« Jesus replied. ⁶ »God made male and female from the beginning of creation. ⁷ »For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and unite with his wife. ⁸ »The two shall become one flesh. They are no longer two, but one flesh. ⁹ »That which God has joined together let not man take apart (separate).« ¹⁰ In the house the disciples asked him again about this matter. ¹¹ He said: »He who divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery against her. ¹² »If she divorces her husband and marries another, she commits adultery.

² Some Pharisees came to him and tried to trap him. »Does our Law allow a man to divorce his wife?« They asked.

¹⁰ Why do you judge your brother? Why do you look down on your brother with contempt? We will all stand before the judgment seat of God (Theos). ¹¹ It is written: As I live, says Jehovah, every knee will bow to me, and every tongue will acknowledge (confess to) Jehovah. (Isaiah 45:23) ¹² So then every one of us will give account of himself to God.

²¹ »Not everyone who calls me Lord will enter the kingdom of heaven. He who does the will of my Father in heaven will enter. ²² »Many will say to me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?’ ²³ »I will say to them, ‘I never knew you. Depart from me, you workers of evil.’

¹ Accept the man who has a weak faith, but not to entertain doubtful thinking. ² For one believes that he may eat all things. Another who is weak eats only vegetables. ³ Let the one eating not look down on the one not eating. Let the one who does not eat judge him that eats, for God has received him. ⁴ Who are you to judge another man’s servant? He stands or falls before his own master. Yes, he will be made to stand for God can make him stand. ⁵ One person judges one day above another. Another person judges every day alike. Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind. ⁶ He who regards the day regards it to God and he who does not regard the day does not regard it to God. He, who eats, eats to God, for he gives God thanks. He who does not eat does not eat to God and he gives God thanks. ⁷ For none of us lives to himself, and no man dies to himself. ⁸ For if we live, we live to God and if we die, we die to God. Therefore should we live or die, we are God’s. ⁹ To this end Christ both died, and rose, and lived again, that he might be Lord both of the dead and the living. ¹⁰ Why do you judge your brother? Why do you look down on your brother with contempt? We will all stand before the judgment seat of God (Theos). ¹¹ It is written: As I live, says Jehovah, every knee will bow to me, and every tongue will acknowledge (confess to) Jehovah. (Isaiah 45:23) ¹² So then every one of us will give account of himself to God. ¹³ Let us not judge one another any more. Let no man put a stumbling block or an occasion to fall in his brother’s way. ¹⁴ I know, and am persuaded by the Lord Jesus, that there is nothing unclean in itself. If someone thinks something is unclean it is unclean to him. ¹⁵ If because of your food your brother is grieved, you do not walk in love. Do not allow what you eat to destroy the one for whom Christ died. ¹⁶ Do not let the good you do be spoken of as evil. ¹⁷ For the kingdom of God is not food and drink; but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit. ¹⁸ For he that serves Christ is acceptable to God, and approved of by men. ¹⁹ Let us follow after the things that make for peace, and things that are encouraging to one another. ²⁰ Do not tear down the work of God for the sake of food. All things indeed are pure; but it is evil for that man who eats with offense. ²¹ It is good neither to eat food, nor to drink wine, nor any thing that causes your brother to stumble or be offended and weakened. ²² Do you have faith? Have it for yourself before God. Happy is he who does not condemn himself in that thing that he allows. ²³ He that doubts is damned if he eats, because he eats not by faith. Whatever is not by faith is sin!

³¹ »Which of the two pleased his father?« They replied: »The first.« Jesus said to them: »I tell you, tax collectors and prostitutes will go into the kingdom of God before you.« ³² »John came to you in the way of righteousness and you did not believe him. Even the tax collectors and prostitutes believed him. When you saw this, you did not regret your sins and did not have faith in him.

⁴⁶ »Beware of the scribes for they walk around in long robes. They love greetings in the marketplaces. They sit in the chief seats in the synagogues and the head tables at feasts. ⁴⁷ »They devour widows’ houses. They offer long prayers to show off in front of others. They shall receive great condemnation.«

³⁶ One of the Pharisees asked him to dine with him. He went to the Pharisee’s house and sat down to eat. ³⁷ A sinful woman went to the Pharisee’s house. She brought an alabaster vase filled with ointment. ³⁸ Standing by his feet weeping, she wet his feet with her tears. She wiped them with the hair of her head. Then she kissed his feet and anointed them with the ointment. ³⁹ The Pharisee saw it and thought to himself if this man were a prophet he would know what kind of woman touched him. She is a sinner. ⁴⁰ Jesus said to Simon: »I have something to tell you.« He replied: »What teacher?« ⁴¹ »A certain lender had two debtors. One owed five hundred shillings and the other fifty. ⁴² »They did not have money to pay the debt so he forgave them both. Which of them did he love the most?« ⁴³ Simon answered: »I suppose it was the one whom he forgave the most.« Jesus said: »Your judgment is correct.« ⁴⁴ Turning to the woman, he said to Simon: »See this woman? I entered into your house and you gave me no water for my feet. She watered my feet with her tears, and wiped them with her hair. ⁴⁵ »You did not kiss me. Since the time I came in she has not ceased kissing my feet. ⁴⁶ »You did not anoint my head with oil. She anointed my feet with ointment. ⁴⁷ »She loved much! She has many sins and they are forgiven. When little is forgiven, little love is shown.« ⁴⁸ He said to her: »Your sins are forgiven!« ⁴⁹ Those who ate with him said within themselves: »Who is this who even forgives sins?« ⁵⁰ He said to the woman: »You are saved because of your faith. Go in peace.«

¹⁰ »Two men went to the temple to pray. One was a Pharisee, and the other was a tax collector. ¹¹ »The Pharisee stood and prayed like this: God, I thank you, that I am not like the rest of men, extortionists, unjust, adulterers, or even as this tax collector. ¹² »I fast twice per week. I give tithes of all that I get. ¹³ »But the tax collector stood far away and would not lift up so much as his eyes to heaven. He beat his breast, saying: God, be merciful to me a sinner. ¹⁴ »I tell you the tax collector and not the Pharisee was right with God when he went home. He who exalts himself will be humbled! He who humbles himself will be exalted!«

¹ Then Jesus spoke to the crowds and to his disciples. ² »The scribes and the Pharisees sit on Moses’ seat,« he said. ³ »Obey everything they teach you, but do not follow their example. They say one thing and do something else. ⁴ »They chain heavy burdens on your shoulders. Yet they are unwilling to lift even a finger to carry these same burdens. ⁵ »They do everything to be seen by men. For example: they enlarge their scripture cases for their foreheads and lengthen the tassels on their garments. ⁶ »They love the place of honor at banquets and the prominent seats in the synagogues. ⁷ »They require recognition in public places and insist on being called Rabbi by men. ⁸ »Do not be called Rabbi (master) (teacher) (leader), for only one is your teacher. You are all brothers. ⁹ »Call no man your father on the earth, for only one is your Father in heaven. ¹⁰ »Do not be called master (teacher) (leader), for only one is your master, and he is Christ. ¹¹ »The greatest among you will be your servant. ¹² »He who exalts himself will be humbled. He who humbles himself will be exalted. ¹³ »Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You close the kingdom of heaven to people. You do not invite others to enter nor do you enter. ¹⁴ [Verse not found in oldest manuscripts.] ¹⁵ »Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You travel on both sea and land to make one convert. When this happens, you make him twice as deserving of destruction in the trash fires of the valley of Hinnom (Greek: Gehenna). ¹⁶ »Woe to you, you blind guides! You say, ‘When you swear by the temple, it is nothing.’ Then you say, ‘When you swear by the gold of the temple, you are obligated.’ ¹⁷ »You fools! You blind men! Which is greater, the gold or the temple that sanctified the gold? ¹⁸ »‘When you swear by an altar, you owe nothing. When you swear by the gift left on the altar, you are obligated. ¹⁹ »You blind men! What is more important, the gift or the altar that sanctifies the gift? ²⁰ »He who swears by the altar, swears by it and everything on it. ²¹ »He who swears by the temple, swears by it and by him that dwells within it. ²² »Thus, he who swears by heaven also swears by the throne of God and him who sits on it. ²³ »Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You tithe mint and dill and cumin, and have left undone the weightier matters of the law: justice, mercy and faith. You should do both and leave nothing undone. ²⁴ »You blind guides! You strain out the gnat and swallow the camel! ²⁵ »Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You cleanse the outside of the cup and of the platter, yet the inside is full of extortion and excess. ²⁶ »You are blind. Clean the inside of the cup and platter first. Then clean the outside. ²⁷ »Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs that appear beautiful on the outside. They are full of dead men’s bones and uncleanness on the inside. ²⁸ »You appear righteous to men. However, inside you are full of hypocrisy and wickedness. ²⁹ »Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You build the tombs for the prophets and decorate the tombs of the righteous. ³⁰ »You claim that you would not have been involved with your fathers when they spilled the blood of the prophets. ³¹ »You witness against yourselves that you are sons of those who murdered the prophets. ³² »Fill up the (guilt) measure of your fathers. ³³ »You serpents! You offspring of vipers! How will you escape from being destroyed in the ever-burning fires of the Valley of Hinnom? (Greek: Gehenna, the trash fires in the valley just outside of Jerusalem) ³⁴ »Look! I am sending you prophets, wise men, and scribes. Some of them you will torture and kill. Others you will torment and persecute from city to city. ³⁵ »You are responsible for all the righteous blood shed on earth. That includes the blood of the righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah, whom you killed between the sanctuary and the altar. ³⁶ »I tell you, all these things will come upon this generation (those living at that time). ³⁷ »Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you kill the prophets and stone the messengers who are sent to you! How often I wanted to gather your children together, even as a hen gathers her chickens under her wings. But you were not willing! ³⁸ »Behold, your house is left desolate. ³⁹ »I tell you, you will not see me until you say, ‘Blessed is he that comes in the name of Jehovah.’« (Psalm 118:26)