Teachers Of The Law

Desiring to be teachers of the law; understanding neither what they say, nor whereof they affirm.

Then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem, saying,

Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.

Jesus answered and said unto him, Art thou a master of Israel, and knowest not these things?

• Bigotry

And the Pharisees and scribes murmured, saying, This man receiveth sinners, and eateth with them.

• Power

And it came to pass on a certain day, as he was teaching, that there were Pharisees and doctors of the law sitting by, which were come out of every town of Galilee, and Judaea, and Jerusalem: and the power of the Lord was present to heal them.

But their scribes and Pharisees murmured against his disciples, saying, Why do ye eat and drink with publicans and sinners?

And one of the scribes came, and having heard them reasoning together, and perceiving that he had answered them well, asked him, Which is the first commandment of all?

And he said unto them in his doctrine, Beware of the scribes, which love to go in long clothing, and love salutations in the marketplaces,

But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in.

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves.

Saying, The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat: