What Does the Bible Say About Pharisees?

“But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?”

“For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven.”

“Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. do not: or, cause not a trumpet to be sounded”

“Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.”

“Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.”

“And when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto his disciples, Why eateth your Master with publicans and sinners?”

“Then came to him the disciples of John, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees fast oft, but thy disciples fast not?”

“But when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto him, Behold, thy disciples do that which is not lawful to do upon the sabbath day.”

“Then certain of the scribes and of the Pharisees answered, saying, Master, we would see a sign from thee.”

“But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas:”

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

“For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.”

“But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.”

“Then came his disciples, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the Pharisees were offended, after they heard this saying?”

“The Pharisees also with the Sadducees came, and tempting desired him that he would shew them a sign from heaven.”

“The Pharisees also came unto him, tempting him, and saying unto him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?”

“Whether of them twain did the will of his father? They say unto him, The first. Jesus saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, That the publicans and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you.”

“Hear another parable: There was a certain householder, which planted a vineyard, and hedged it round about, and digged a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country:”

“Then went the Pharisees, and took counsel how they might entangle him in his talk.”

“And they sent out unto him their disciples with the Herodians, saying, Master, we know that thou art true, and teachest the way of God in truth, neither carest thou for any man: for thou regardest not the person of men.”

“Tell us therefore, What thinkest thou? Is it lawful to give tribute unto Caesar, or not?”

“But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, Why tempt ye me, ye hypocrites?”

“Shew me the tribute money. And they brought unto him a penny. penny: in value seven pence halfpenny”

“And he saith unto them, Whose is this image and superscription? superscription: or, inscription”

“They say unto him, Caesar's. Then saith he unto them, Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's; and unto God the things that are God's.”

“When they had heard these words, they marvelled, and left him, and went their way.”

“Then spake Jesus to the multitude, and to his disciples,”

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

“Then came together unto him the Pharisees, and certain of the scribes, which came from Jerusalem.”

“And the Pharisees came to him, and asked him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife? tempting him.”

“But the Pharisees and lawyers rejected the counsel of God against themselves, being not baptized of him. rejected: or, frustrated against: or, within themselves”

“And one of the Pharisees desired him that he would eat with him. And he went into the Pharisee's house, and sat down to meat.”

“And he was casting out a devil, and it was dumb. And it came to pass, when the devil was gone out, the dumb spake; and the people wondered.”

“And as he spake, a certain Pharisee besought him to dine with him: and he went in, and sat down to meat.”

“In the mean time, when there were gathered together an innumerable multitude of people, insomuch that they trode one upon another, he began to say unto his disciples first of all, Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.”

“And it came to pass, as he went into the house of one of the chief Pharisees to eat bread on the sabbath day, that they watched him.”

“Then drew near unto him all the publicans and sinners for to hear him.”

“There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day:”

“And he spake this parable unto certain which trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others: that: or, as being righteous”

“Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a publican.”

“I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess.”

“Beware of the scribes, which desire to walk in long robes, and love greetings in the markets, and the highest seats in the synagogues, and the chief rooms at feasts;”

“There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews:”

“Have any of the rulers or of the Pharisees believed on him?”

“And as Jesus passed by, he saw a man which was blind from his birth.”

“But there rose up certain of the sect of the Pharisees which believed, saying, That it was needful to circumcise them, and to command them to keep the law of Moses. rose: or, rose up, said they, certain”

“I am verily a man which am a Jew, born in Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, yet brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, and taught according to the perfect manner of the law of the fathers, and was zealous toward God, as ye all are this day.”

“But when Paul perceived that the one part were Sadducees, and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, Men and brethren, I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee: of the hope and resurrection of the dead I am called in question.”

“For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, neither angel, nor spirit: but the Pharisees confess both.”

“Which knew me from the beginning, if they would testify, that after the most straitest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee.”

“Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God. ordained: or, ordered”

“Him that is weak in the faith receive ye, but not to doubtful disputations. not: or, not to judge his doubtful thoughts”

“But why dost thou judge thy brother? or why dost thou set at nought thy brother? for we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ.”