Pharisee

• Φαρισαῖος·Pharisee

Includes 112 verses that refer to Pharisee without naming them, as “he”, “she”, or the subject of a verb.

1. Matthew 3:7
   But when John saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his place of baptism, he said to them, “You brood of vipers, who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?
2. Matthew 5:20
   For I tell you that unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.
3. Matthew 9:11
   When the Pharisees saw this, they asked His disciples, “Why does your Teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?”
4. Matthew 9:13Referred to, not named
   But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”
5. Matthew 9:14
   Then John’s disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Why is it that we and the Pharisees fast so often, but Your disciples do not fast?”
6. Matthew 9:34
   But the Pharisees said, “It is by the prince of demons that He drives out demons.”
7. Matthew 12:2
   When the Pharisees saw this, they said to Him, “Look, Your disciples are doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath.”
8. Matthew 12:3Referred to, not named
   Jesus replied, “Have you not read what David did when he and his companions were hungry?
9. Matthew 12:5Referred to, not named
   Or haven’t you read in the Law that on the Sabbath the priests in the temple break the Sabbath and yet are innocent?
10. Matthew 12:6Referred to, not named
    But I tell you that One greater than the temple is here.
11. Matthew 12:7Referred to, not named
    If only you had known the meaning of ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice,’ you would not have condemned the innocent.
12. Matthew 12:9Referred to, not named
    Moving on from there, Jesus entered their synagogue,
13. Matthew 12:10Referred to, not named
    …and a man with a withered hand was there. In order to accuse Jesus, they asked Him, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?”
14. Matthew 12:11Referred to, not named
    He replied, “If one of you has a sheep and it falls into a pit on the Sabbath, will he not take hold of it and lift it out?
15. Matthew 12:14
    But the Pharisees went out and plotted how they might kill Jesus.
16. Matthew 12:24
    But when the Pharisees heard this, they said, “Only by Beelzebul, the prince of demons, does this man drive out demons.”
17. Matthew 12:25Referred to, not named
    Knowing their thoughts, Jesus said to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself will be laid waste, and every city or household divided against itself will not stand.
18. Matthew 12:27Referred to, not named
    And if I drive out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your sons drive them out? So then, they will be your judges.
19. Matthew 12:28Referred to, not named
    But if I drive out demons by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.
20. Matthew 12:31Referred to, not named
    Therefore I tell you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven men, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven.
21. Matthew 12:33Referred to, not named
    Make a tree good and its fruit will be good, or make a tree bad and its fruit will be bad, for a tree is known by its fruit.
22. Matthew 12:38
    Then some of the scribes and Pharisees said to Him, “Teacher, we want to see a sign from You.”
23. Matthew 15:1
    Then some Pharisees and scribes came to Jesus from Jerusalem and asked,
24. Matthew 15:3Referred to, not named
    Jesus replied, “And why do you break the command of God for the sake of your tradition?
25. Matthew 15:5Referred to, not named
    But you say that if anyone says to his father or mother, ‘Whatever you would have received from me is a gift devoted to God,’
26. Matthew 15:6Referred to, not named
    …he need not honor his father or mother with it. Thus you nullify the word of God for the sake of your tradition.
27. Matthew 15:12
    Then the disciples came to Him and said, “Are You aware that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this?”
28. Matthew 15:14Referred to, not named
    Disregard them! They are blind guides. If a blind man leads a blind man, both will fall into a pit.”
29. Matthew 16:1
    Then the Pharisees and Sadducees came and tested Jesus by asking Him to show them a sign from heaven.
30. Matthew 16:2Referred to, not named
    But He replied, “When evening comes, you say, ‘The weather will be fair, for the sky is red,’
31. Matthew 16:3Referred to, not named
    …and in the morning, ‘Today it will be stormy, for the sky is red and overcast.’ You know how to interpret the appearance of the sky, but not the signs of the times.
32. Matthew 16:4Referred to, not named
    A wicked and adulterous generation demands a sign, but none will be given it except the sign of Jonah.” Then He left them and went away.
33. Matthew 16:6
    “Watch out!” Jesus told them. “Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”
34. Matthew 16:11
    How do you not understand that I was not telling you about bread? But beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”
35. Matthew 16:12
    Then they understood that He was not telling them to beware of the leaven used in bread, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.
36. Matthew 19:3
    Then some Pharisees came and tested Him by asking, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason?”
37. Matthew 19:4Referred to, not named
    Jesus answered, “Have you not read that from the beginning the Creator ‘made them male and female,’
38. Matthew 19:7Referred to, not named
    “Why then,” they asked, “did Moses order a man to give his wife a certificate of divorce and send her away?”
39. Matthew 19:8Referred to, not named
    Jesus replied, “Moses permitted you to divorce your wives because of your hardness of heart. But it was not this way from the beginning.
40. Matthew 19:9Referred to, not named
    Now I tell you that whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another woman commits adultery.”
41. Matthew 21:45
    When the chief priests and Pharisees heard His parables, they knew that Jesus was speaking about them.
42. Matthew 21:46Referred to, not named
    Although they wanted to arrest Him, they were afraid of the crowds, because the people regarded Him as a prophet.
43. Matthew 22:1Referred to, not named
    Once again, Jesus spoke to them in parables:
44. Matthew 22:15
    Then the Pharisees went out and conspired to trap Jesus in His words.
45. Matthew 22:16Referred to, not named
    They sent their disciples to Him along with the Herodians. “Teacher,” they said, “we know that You are honest and that You teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. You seek favor from no one, because You pay no attention to external appearance.
46. Matthew 22:17Referred to, not named
    So tell us what You think: Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar or not?”
47. Matthew 22:18Referred to, not named
    But Jesus knew their evil intent and said, “You hypocrites, why are you testing Me?
48. Matthew 22:19Referred to, not named
    Show Me the coin used for the tax.” And they brought Him a denarius.
49. Matthew 22:20Referred to, not named
    “Whose image is this,” He asked, “and whose inscription?”
50. Matthew 22:21Referred to, not named
    “Caesar’s,” they answered. So Jesus told them, “Give to Caesar what is Caesar’s, and to God what is God’s.”
51. Matthew 22:22Referred to, not named
    And when they heard this, they were amazed. So they left Him and went away.
52. Matthew 22:34
    And when the Pharisees heard that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, they themselves gathered together.
53. Matthew 22:35Referred to, not named
    One of them, an expert in the law, tested Him with a question:
54. Matthew 22:41
    While the Pharisees were assembled, Jesus questioned them:
55. Matthew 22:42Referred to, not named
    “What do you think about the Christ? Whose son is He?” “David’s,” they answered.
56. Matthew 22:43Referred to, not named
    Jesus said to them, “How then does David in the Spirit call Him ‘Lord’? For he says:
57. Matthew 23:2
    “The scribes and Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat.
58. Matthew 23:3Referred to, not named
    So practice and observe everything they tell you. But do not do what they do, for they do not practice what they preach.
59. Matthew 23:4Referred to, not named
    They tie up heavy, burdensome loads and lay them on men’s shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to lift a finger to move them.
60. Matthew 23:5Referred to, not named
    All their deeds are done for men to see. They broaden their phylacteries and lengthen their tassels.
61. Matthew 23:6Referred to, not named
    They love the places of honor at banquets, the chief seats in the synagogues,
62. Matthew 23:7Referred to, not named
    …the greetings in the marketplaces, and the title of ‘Rabbi’ by which they are addressed.
63. Matthew 23:13
    Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the kingdom of heaven in men’s faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let in those who wish to enter.
64. Matthew 23:14
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65. Matthew 23:15
    Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You traverse land and sea to win a single convert, and when he becomes one, you make him twice as much a son of hell as you are.
66. Matthew 23:23
    Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You pay tithes of mint, dill, and cumin. But you have disregarded the weightier matters of the law: justice, mercy, and faithfulness. You should have practiced the latter, without neglecting the former.
67. Matthew 23:25
    Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence.
68. Matthew 23:26
    Blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and dish, so that the outside may become clean as well.
69. Matthew 23:27
    Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside but on the inside are full of dead men’s bones and every kind of impurity.
70. Matthew 23:28Referred to, not named
    In the same way, on the outside you appear to be righteous, but on the inside you are full of hypocrisy and wickedness.
71. Matthew 23:29
    Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You build tombs for the prophets and decorate the monuments of the righteous.
72. Matthew 23:30Referred to, not named
    And you say, ‘If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partners with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.’
73. Matthew 23:31Referred to, not named
    So you testify against yourselves that you are the sons of those who murdered the prophets.
74. Matthew 23:32Referred to, not named
    Fill up, then, the measure of the sin of your fathers.
75. Matthew 27:41
    In the same way, the chief priests, scribes, and elders mocked Him, saying,
76. Matthew 27:62
    The next day, the one after Preparation Day, the chief priests and Pharisees assembled before Pilate.
77. Matthew 27:63Referred to, not named
    “Sir,” they said, “we remember that while He was alive that deceiver said, ‘After three days I will rise again.’
78. Matthew 27:65Referred to, not named
    “You have a guard,” Pilate said. “Go, make the tomb as secure as you know how.”
79. Matthew 27:66Referred to, not named
    So they went and secured the tomb by sealing the stone and posting the guard.
80. Mark 2:16
    When the scribes who were Pharisees saw Jesus eating with these people, they asked His disciples, “Why does He eat with tax collectors and sinners?”
81. Mark 2:18
    Now John’s disciples and the Pharisees were often fasting. So people came to Jesus and asked, “Why don’t Your disciples fast like John’s disciples and those of the Pharisees?”
82. Mark 2:24
    So the Pharisees said to Him, “Look, why are they doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath?”
83. Mark 2:25Referred to, not named
    Jesus replied, “Have you never read what David did when he and his companions were hungry and in need?
84. Mark 2:27Referred to, not named
    Then Jesus declared, “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath.
85. Mark 3:2Referred to, not named
    In order to accuse Jesus, they were watching to see if He would heal on the Sabbath.
86. Mark 3:4Referred to, not named
    And He asked them, “Which is lawful on the Sabbath: to do good or to do evil, to save life or to destroy it?” But they were silent.
87. Mark 3:5Referred to, not named
    Jesus looked around at them with anger and sorrow at their hardness of heart. Then He said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” So he stretched it out, and it was restored.
88. Mark 3:6
    At this, the Pharisees went out and began plotting with the Herodians how they might kill Jesus.
89. Mark 7:1
    Then the Pharisees and some of the scribes who had come from Jerusalem gathered around Jesus,
90. Mark 7:2Referred to, not named
    …and they saw some of His disciples eating with hands that were defiled—that is, unwashed.
91. Mark 7:3
    Now in holding to the tradition of the elders, the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat until they wash their hands ceremonially.
92. Mark 7:4Referred to, not named
    And on returning from the market, they do not eat unless they wash. And there are many other traditions for them to observe, including the washing of cups, pitchers, kettles, and couches for dining.
93. Mark 7:5
    So the Pharisees and scribes questioned Jesus: “Why do Your disciples not walk according to the tradition of the elders? Instead, they eat with defiled hands.”
94. Mark 7:6Referred to, not named
    Jesus answered them, “Isaiah prophesied correctly about you hypocrites, as it is written: ‘These people honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me.
95. Mark 7:9Referred to, not named
    He went on to say, “You neatly set aside the command of God to maintain your own tradition.
96. Mark 7:11Referred to, not named
    But you say that if a man says to his father or mother, ‘Whatever you would have received from me is Corban’ (that is, a gift devoted to God),
97. Mark 7:12Referred to, not named
    …he is no longer permitted to do anything for his father or mother.
98. Mark 7:13Referred to, not named
    Thus you nullify the word of God by the tradition you have handed down. And you do so in many such matters.”
99. Mark 8:11
    Then the Pharisees came and began to argue with Jesus, testing Him by demanding from Him a sign from heaven.
100. Mark 8:12Referred to, not named
     Jesus sighed deeply in His spirit and said, “Why does this generation demand a sign? Truly I tell you, no sign will be given to this generation.”