Bible verses about "pharisees" | Twentieth_Century

² Presently some Pharisees came up and, to test him, asked: "Has a husband the right to divorce his wife?" ³ "What direction did Moses give you?" replied Jesus. ⁴ "Moses," they said, "permitted a man to 'draw up in writing a notice of separation and divorce his wife.'" ⁵ "It was owing to the hardness of your hearts," said Jesus, "that Moses gave you this direction; ⁶ But, at the beginning of the Creation, God 'made them male and female.' ⁷ 'For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother, ⁸ And the man and his wife shall become one;' so that they are no longer two, but one. ⁹ What God himself, then, has yoked together man must not separate." ¹⁰ When they were indoors, the disciples asked him again about this, ¹¹ And he said: "Any one who divorces his wife and marries another woman is guilty of adultery against his wife; ¹² And, if the woman divorces her husband and marries another man, she is guilty of adultery."

² Presently some Pharisees came up and, to test him, asked: "Has a husband the right to divorce his wife?"

¹⁰ I would ask the one man 'Why do you judge your Brother?' And I would ask the other 'Why do you despise your Brother?' For we shall all stand before the Bar of God. ¹¹ For Scripture says--'"As surely as I live," says the Lord, "every knee shall bend before me; and every tongue shall make acknowledgment to God."' ¹² So, then, each one of us will have to render account of himself to God.

²¹ Not every one who says to me 'Master! Master!' will enter the Kingdom of Heaven, but only he who does the will of my Father who is in Heaven. ²² On 'That Day' many will say to me 'Master, Master, was not it in your name that we taught, and in your name that we drove out demons, and in your name that we did many miracles?' ²³ And then I shall say to them plainly 'I never knew you. Go from my presence, you who live in sin.'

¹ As for those whose faith is weak, always receive them as friends, but not for the purpose of passing judgment on their scruples. ² One man's faith permits of his eating food of all kinds, while another whose faith is weak eats only vegetable food. ³ The man who eats meat must not despise the man who abstains from it; nor must the man who abstains from eating meat pass judgment on the one who eats it, for God himself has received him. ⁴ Who are you, that you should pass judgment on the servant of another? His standing or falling concerns his own master. And stand he will, for his Master can enable him to stand. ⁵ Again, one man considers some days to be more sacred than others, while another considers all days to be alike. Every one ought to be fully convinced in his own mind. ⁶ He who observes a day, observes it to the Master's honor. He, again, who eats meat eats it to the Master's honor, for he gives thanks to God; while he who abstains from it abstains from it to the Master's honor, and also gives thanks to God. ⁷ There is not one of us whose life concerns himself alone, and not one of us whose death concerns himself alone; ⁸ For, if we live, our life is for the Master, and, if we die, our death is for the Master. Whether, then, we live or die we belong to the Master. ⁹ The very purpose for which Christ died and came back to life was this--that he might be Lord over both the dead and the living. ¹⁰ I would ask the one man 'Why do you judge your Brother?' And I would ask the other 'Why do you despise your Brother?' For we shall all stand before the Bar of God. ¹¹ For Scripture says--'"As surely as I live," says the Lord, "every knee shall bend before me; and every tongue shall make acknowledgment to God."' ¹² So, then, each one of us will have to render account of himself to God. ¹³ Let us, then, cease to judge one another. Rather let this be your resolve--never to place a stumbling-block or an obstacle in a Brother's way. ¹⁴ Through my union with the Lord Jesus, I know and am persuaded that nothing is 'defiling in itself.' A thing is 'defiling' only to him who holds it to be so. ¹⁵ If, for the sake of what you eat, you wound your Brother's feelings, your life has ceased to be ruled by love. Do not, by what you eat, ruin a man for whom Christ died! ¹⁶ Do not let what is right for you become a matter of reproach. ¹⁷ For the Kingdom of God does not consist of eating and drinking, but of righteousness and peace and gladness through the presence of the Holy Spirit. ¹⁸ He who serves the Christ in this way pleases God, and wins the approval of his fellow men. ¹⁹ Therefore our efforts should be directed towards all that makes for peace and the mutual building up of character. ²⁰ Do not undo God's work for the sake of what you eat. Though everything is 'clean,' yet, if a man eats so as to put a stumbling- block in the way of others, he does wrong. ²¹ The right course is to abstain from meat or wine or, indeed, anything that is a stumbling-block to your Brother. ²² As for yourself--keep this faith of yours to yourself, as in the presence of God. Happy is he who never has to condemn himself in regard to the very thing which he thinks right! ²³ He, however, who has misgivings stands condemned if he still eats, because his doing so is not the result of faith. And anything not done as the result of faith is a sin.

³¹ Which of the two sons did as his father wished?" " The second," they said. "I tell you," added Jesus, "that tax-gatherers and prostitutes are going into the Kingdom of God before you. ³² For when John came to you, walking in the path of righteousness, you did not believe him, but tax-gatherers and prostitutes did; and yet you, though you saw this, even then were not sorry, nor did you believe him.

⁴⁶ "Be on your guard against the Teachers of the Law, who delight to walk about in long robes, and like to be greeted in the streets with respect, and to have the best seats in the Synagogues, and places of honor at dinner. ⁴⁷ These are the men who rob widows of their houses, and make a pretense of saying long prayers. Their sentence will be all the heavier."

³⁶ One of the Pharisees asked Jesus to dine with him, so Jesus went to his house and took his place at table. ³⁷ Just then a woman, who was an outcast in the town, having ascertained that Jesus was at table in the Pharisee's house, brought an alabaster jar of perfume, ³⁸ And placed herself behind Jesus, near his feet, weeping. Then she began to make his feet wet with her tears, and she dried them with the hair of her head, repeatedly kissing his feet and anointing them with the perfume. ³⁹ When the Pharisee who had invited Jesus saw this, he said to himself: "Had this man been 'The Prophet,' he would have known who, and what sort of woman, this is who is touching him, and that she is an outcast." ⁴⁰ But, addressing him, Jesus said: "Simon, I have something to say to you." "Pray do so, Teacher," Simon answered; and Jesus began: ⁴¹ "There were two people who were in debt to a money-lender; one owed fifty pounds, and the other five. ⁴² As they were unable to pay, he forgave them both. Which of them, do you think, will love him the more?" ⁴³ "I suppose," answered Simon, "it will be the man to whom he forgave the greater debt." "You are right," said Jesus, ⁴⁴ And then, turning to the woman, he said to Simon: "Do you see this woman? I came into your house--you gave me no water for my feet, but she has made my feet wet with her tears and dried them with her hair. ⁴⁵ You did not give me one kiss, but she, from the moment I came in, has not ceased to kiss my feet. ⁴⁶ You did not anoint even my head with oil, but she has anointed my feet with perfume. ⁴⁷ And for this, I tell you, her sins, many as they are, have been pardoned, because she has loved greatly; but one who has little pardoned him, loves but little." ⁴⁸ Then he said to the woman: "Your sins have been pardoned." ⁴⁹ On this, those at table began to say to one another: "Who is this man who even pardons sins?" ⁵⁰ But Jesus said to the woman: "Your faith has delivered you; go, and peace be with you."

¹⁰ "Two men went up into the Temple Courts to pray. One was a Pharisee and the other a tax-gatherer. ¹¹ The Pharisee stood forward and began praying to himself in this way--'O God, I thank thee that I am not like other men-- thieves, rogues, adulterers--or even like this tax-gatherer. ¹² I fast twice a week, and give a tenth of everything I get to God.' ¹³ Meanwhile the tax-gatherer stood at a distance, not venturing even 'to raise his eyes to Heaven'; but he kept striking his breast and saying 'O God, have mercy on me, a sinner.' ¹⁴ This man, I tell you, went home pardoned, rather than the other; for every one who exalts himself will be humbled, while every one who humbles himself shall be exalted."

¹ Then Jesus speaking to the crowds and to his disciples, said: ² "The teachers of the Law and the Pharisees now occupy the chair of Moses. ³ Therefore practice and lay to heart everything that they tell preach but do not practice. ⁴ While they make up heavy loads and pile them on other men's shoulder's they decline, themselves, to lift a finger to move them. ⁵ All their actions are done to attract attention. They widen their phylacteries, and increase the size of their tassels, ⁶ and like to have the place of honor at dinner, and the best seats in the Synagogues, ⁷ and to be greeted in the markets with respect, and to be called 'Rabbi' for everybody. ⁸ But do not allow yourselves to be called 'Rabbi,' for you have only one Father, the heavenly Father. ⁹ And do not call any one Father, the heavenly Father. ¹⁰ Nor must you allow yourselves to be called 'Leaders,' for you have only one Leader, the Christ. ¹¹ The man who would be the greatest among you must be your servant. ¹² Whoever shall exalt himself will be humbled, and whoever shall humble himself will be exalted. ¹³ But alas for you, Teachers of the Law and Pharisees, hypocrites that you are! You turn the key of the Kingdom of Heaven in men's faces. For you do not go in yourselves, nor yet allow those who try to go in to do so. ¹⁴ Alas for you, Teachers of the Law and Pharisees, hypocrites that you are! You destroy widow's houses, even while pretending to make long prayers; therefore you shall receive greater condemnation. ¹⁵ Alas for you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, hypocrites that you are! You scour land and sea to make a single convert, and, when he is gained, you make him twice as deserving of the Pit as you are yourselves. ¹⁶ Alas for you, you blind guides! You say 'if any answer by the Temple, his oath counts for nothing; but, if any one swears by the gold of the Temple, his oath is binding him'! ¹⁷ Fools that you are and blind! Which is the more important? The gold? Or the Temple which has given sacredness to the gold? ¹⁸ You say, too, 'If any one swears by the altar, his oath counts for nothing, but, if any one swears by the offering placed on it, his oath is binding on him'! ¹⁹ Blind indeed! Which is the more important? The offering? or the altar which gives sacredness to the offering? ²⁰ Therefore a man, swearing by the altar, swears by it and by all that is on it, ²¹ and a man, swearing by the Temple, swears by it and by him who dwells in it, ²² while a man, swearing by Heaven, swears by the throne of God, and by him who sits upon it. ²³ Alas for you, Teachers of the Law and Pharisees, hypocrites that you are! You pay tithes on mint, fennel, and caraway seed, and have neglected the weightier matters of the Law--justice, mercy, and good faith. These last you ought to have put into practice, without neglecting the first. ²⁴ You blind guides, to strain out a gnat and to swallow a camel! ²⁵ Alas for you, Teachers of the Law and Pharisees, hypocrites that you are! You clean the outside of the cup and the dish, but inside they are filled with the results of greed and self-indulgence. ²⁶ You blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and the dish, so that the outside may become clean as well. ²⁷ Alas for you, Teachers of the Law and Pharisees, hypocrites that you are! You are like whitewashed tombs, which indeed look fair outside, while inside they are filled with dead men's bones and all kinds of filth. ²⁸ It is the same with you. Outwardly, and to others, you have the look of religious men, but inwardly you are full of hypocrisy and sin. ²⁹ Alas for you, Teachers of the Law and Pharisees, hypocrites that you are! You build the tombs of the Prophets, and decorate the monuments of religious men, ³⁰ and say 'Had we been living in the days of our ancestors, we should have taken part in their murder of the Prophets! ³¹ By doing this you are furnishing evidence against yourselves that you are true children of the men who murdered the Prophets. ³² Fill up the measure of your ancestor's guilt. ³³ You serpents and brood of vipers! How can you escape being sentenced to the Pit? ³⁴ That is why I send you Prophets, wise men, and Teachers of the Law, some of whom you will crucify and kill, and some of whom you will scourge in your Synagogues, and persecute from town to town; ³⁵ in order that upon your heads may fall every drop of innocent 'blood split on earth,' from the blood of innocent Abel down to that of Zechariah, Barachiah's son, whom you murdered between the Temple and the altar. ³⁶ All this, I tell you, will come home to the present generation. ³⁷ Jerusalem! Jerusalem! She who slays the Prophets and stones the messengers sent to her--Oh, how often have I wished to gather your children round me, as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you would not came! ³⁸ Verily, your house is left to you desolate! ³⁹ For nevermore, I tell you, shall you see me, until you say-- 'Blessed is He who comes in the Name of the Lord!'"