Pharisees (sources)

Early Christian sources

Gospel of Mark

Mark.2.16 And the scribes of the Pharisees, when they saw that he was eating with sinners and tax collectors, said to his disciples, “Why does he eat with tax collectors and sinners?”

Mark.2.18 Now John’s disciples and the Pharisees were fasting. And people came and said to him, “Why do John’s disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not fast?”

Mark.2.24 And the Pharisees were saying to him, “Look, why are they doing what is not lawful on the Sabbath?”

Mark.3.6 The Pharisees went out and immediately held counsel with the Herodians against him, how to destroy him.

Mark.7.1 Now when the Pharisees gathered to him, with some of the scribes who had come from Jerusalem,

Mark.7.3 (For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they wash their hands, holding to the tradition of the elders,

Mark.7.5 And the Pharisees and the scribes asked him, “Why do your disciples not walk according to the tradition of the elders, but eat with defiled hands?”

Mark.8.11 The Pharisees came and began to argue with him, seeking from him a sign from heaven to test him.

Mark.8.15 And he cautioned them, saying, “Watch out; beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod.”

Mark.10.2 And Pharisees came up and in order to test him asked, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?”

Mark.12.13 And they sent to him some of the Pharisees and some of the Herodians, to trap him in his talk.

Gospel of Matthew

Matt.3.7 But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming for baptism, he said to them, “You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?

Matt.5.20 For I tell you, unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.

Matt.9.11 And when the Pharisees saw this, they said to his disciples, “Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?”

Matt.9.14 Then the disciples of John came to him, saying, “Why do we and the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not fast?”

Matt.9.34 But the Pharisees said, “He casts out demons by the prince of demons.”

Matt.12.2 But when the Pharisees saw it, they said to him, “Look, your disciples are doing what is not lawful to do on the Sabbath.”

Matt.12.14 But the Pharisees went out and conspired against him, how to destroy him.

Matt.12.24 But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, “It is only by Beelzebul, the prince of demons, that this man casts out demons.”

Matt.12.38 Then some of the scribes and Pharisees answered him, saying, “Teacher, we wish to see a sign from you.”

Matt.15.1 Then Pharisees and scribes came to Jesus from Jerusalem and said,

Matt.15.12 Then the disciples came and said to him, “Do you know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this saying?”

Matt.16.1 And the Pharisees and Sadducees came, and to test him they asked him to show them a sign from heaven.

Matt.16.6 Jesus said to them, “Watch and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”

Matt.16.11 How is it that you fail to understand that I did not speak about bread? Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”

Matt.16.12 Then they understood that he did not tell them to beware of the leaven of bread, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

Matt.19.3 And Pharisees came up to him and tested him by asking, “Is it lawful to divorce one’s wife for any cause?”

Matt.21.45 When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they perceived that he was speaking about them.

Matt.22.15 Then the Pharisees went and plotted how to entangle him in his talk.

Matt.22.34 But when the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together.

Matt.22.41 Now while the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them a question,

Woe to the Scribes Matt.23.2 -- “The scribes and the Pharisees sit on Moses’ seat... [23.13] “But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you shut the kingdom of heaven in people’s faces. For you neither enter yourselves nor allow those who would enter to go in... [23:15] Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you travel across sea and land to make a single proselyte, and when he becomes a proselyte, you make him twice as much a child of hell as yourselves... [23.23] “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint and dill and cumin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law: justice and mercy and faithfulness. These you ought to have done, without neglecting the others... [23:25} “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you clean the outside of the cup and the plate, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence... [23.27] “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs, which outwardly appear beautiful, but within are full of dead people’s bones and all uncleanness... [23:29] “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you build the tombs of the prophets and decorate the monuments of the righteous...

Matt.27.62 Next day, that is, after the day of Preparation, the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered before Pilate

Gospel of Luke

Luke.5.17 On one of those days, as he was teaching, Pharisees and teachers of the law were sitting there, who had come from every village of Galilee and Judea and from Jerusalem. And the power of the Lord was with him to heal.

Luke.5.21 And the scribes and the Pharisees began to question, saying, “Who is this who speaks blasphemies? Who can forgive sins but God alone?”

Luke.5.30 And the Pharisees and their scribes grumbled at his disciples, saying, “Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?”

Luke.5.33 And they said to him, “The disciples of John fast often and offer prayers, and so do the disciples of the Pharisees, but yours eat and drink.”

Luke.6.2 But some of the Pharisees said, “Why are you doing what is not lawful to do on the Sabbath?”

Luke.6.7 And the scribes and the Pharisees watched him, to see whether he would heal on the Sabbath, so that they might find a reason to accuse him.

Luke.7.30 but the Pharisees and the lawyers rejected the purpose of God for themselves, not having been baptized by him.)

Luke.7.36 One of the Pharisees asked him to eat with him, and he went into the Pharisee’s house and took his place at the table.

Luke.11.39 And the Lord said to him, “Now you Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup and of the dish, but inside you are full of greed and wickedness.

Luke.11.42 “But woe to you Pharisees! For you tithe mint and rue and every herb, and neglect justice and the love of God. These you ought to have done, without neglecting the others.

Luke.11.43 Woe to you Pharisees! For you love the best seat in the synagogues and greetings in the marketplaces.

Luke.11.53 As he went away from there, the scribes and the Pharisees began to press him hard and to provoke him to speak about many things,

Luke.12.1 In the meantime, when so many thousands of the people had gathered together that they were trampling one another, he began to say to his disciples first, “Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.

Luke.13.31 At that very hour some Pharisees came and said to him, “Get away from here, for Herod wants to kill you.”

Luke.14.1 One Sabbath, when he went to dine at the house of a ruler of the Pharisees, they were watching him carefully.

Luke.14.3 And Jesus responded to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath, or not?”

Luke.15.2 And the Pharisees and the scribes grumbled, saying, “This man receives sinners and eats with them.”

Luke.16.14 The Pharisees, who were lovers of money, heard all these things, and they ridiculed him.

Luke.17.20 Being asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, he answered them, “The kingdom of God is not coming with signs to be observed,

Luke.19.39 And some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to him, “Teacher, rebuke your disciples.”

Gospel of John

John.1.24 (Now they had been sent from the Pharisees.)

John.3.1 Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews.

John.4.1 Now when Jesus learned that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus was making and baptizing more disciples than John

John.7.32 The Pharisees heard the crowd muttering these things about him, and the chief priests and Pharisees sent officers to arrest him.

John.7.45 The officers then came to the chief priests and Pharisees, who said to them, “Why did you not bring him?”

John.7.47 The Pharisees answered them, “Have you also been deceived?

John.7.48 Have any of the authorities or the Pharisees believed in him?

John.8.3 The scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in adultery, and placing her in the midst

John.8.13 So the Pharisees said to him, “You are bearing witness about yourself; your testimony is not true.”

John.9.13 They brought to the Pharisees the man who had formerly been blind.

John.9.15 So the Pharisees again asked him how he had received his sight. And he said to them, “He put mud on my eyes, and I washed, and I see.”

John.9.16 Some of the Pharisees said, “This man is not from God, for he does not keep the Sabbath.” But others said, “How can a man who is a sinner do such signs?” And there was a division among them.

John.9.40 Some of the Pharisees near him heard these things, and said to him, “Are we also blind?”

John.11.46 but some of them went to the Pharisees and told them what Jesus had done.

John.11.47 So the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered the Council and said, “What are we to do? For this man performs many signs.

John.11.57 Now the chief priests and the Pharisees had given orders that if anyone knew where he was, he should let them know, so that they might arrest him.

John.12.19 So the Pharisees said to one another, “You see that you are gaining nothing. Look, the world has gone after him.”

John.12.42 Nevertheless, many even of the authorities believed in him, but for fear of the Pharisees they did not confess it, so that they would not be put out of the synagogue;

John.18.3 So Judas, having procured a band of soldiers and some officers from the chief priests and the Pharisees, went there with lanterns and torches and weapons.

Acts of Apostles

Acts.15.5 But some believers who belonged to the party of the Pharisees rose up and said, “It is necessary to circumcise them and to order them to keep the law of Moses.”

Acts.23.6 Now when Paul perceived that one part were Sadducees and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, “Brothers, I am a Pharisee, a son of Pharisees. It is with respect to the hope and the resurrection of the dead that I am on trial.”

Acts.23.7 And when he had said this, a dissension arose between the Pharisees and the Sadducees, and the assembly was divided.

Acts.23.8 For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, nor angel, nor spirit, but the Pharisees acknowledge them all.

Acts.23.9 Then a great clamor arose, and some of the scribes of the Pharisees’ party stood up and contended sharply, “We find nothing wrong in this man. What if a spirit or an angel spoke to him?”