"Take care," Jesus warned them, "and be on your guard against the yeast of the Pharisees and the yeast of Herod."

But the Pharisees said, "It is the chief of the demons who gives Jesus the power to drive out demons."

Then the disciples came to him and said, "Do you know that the Pharisees had their feelings hurt by what you said?"

"How terrible for you, teachers of the Law and Pharisees! You hypocrites! You lock the door to the Kingdom of heaven in people's faces, but you yourselves don't go in, nor do you allow in those who are trying to enter!

Some Pharisees and some teachers of the Law who belonged to their group complained to Jesus' disciples. "Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and other outcasts?" they asked.

Some teachers of the Law and some Pharisees wanted a reason to accuse Jesus of doing wrong, so they watched him closely to see if he would heal on the Sabbath.

But the Pharisees and the teachers of the Law rejected God's purpose for themselves and refused to be baptized by John.

So the Lord said to him, "Now then, you Pharisees clean the outside of your cup and plate, but inside you are full of violence and evil.

When Jesus left that place, the teachers of the Law and the Pharisees began to criticize him bitterly and ask him questions about many things,

trying to lay traps for him and catch him saying something wrong.

When the Pharisees heard all this, they made fun of Jesus, because they loved money.

The Pharisees heard the crowd whispering these things about Jesus, so they and the chief priests sent some guards to arrest him.

"Have you ever known one of the authorities or one Pharisee to believe in him?

So the Pharisees and the chief priests met with the Council and said, "What shall we do? Look at all the miracles this man is performing!

The chief priests and the Pharisees had given orders that if anyone knew where Jesus was, he must report it, so that they could arrest him.

"I hate divorce," says the LORD God of Israel. "I hate it when one of you does such a cruel thing to his wife. Make sure that you do not break your promise to be faithful to your wife."

"It was also said, 'Anyone who divorces his wife must give her a written notice of divorce.'

But now I tell you: if a man divorces his wife for any cause other than her unfaithfulness, then he is guilty of making her commit adultery if she marries again; and the man who marries her commits adultery also.

Some Pharisees came to him and tried to trap him by asking, "Does our Law allow a man to divorce his wife for whatever reason he wishes?"

For married people I have a command which is not my own but the Lord's: a wife must not leave her husband;

but if she does, she must remain single or else be reconciled to her husband; and a husband must not divorce his wife.

Some Pharisees came to Jesus and started to argue with him. They wanted to trap him, so they asked him to perform a miracle to show that God approved of him.

Some Pharisees and Sadducees who came to Jesus wanted to trap him, so they asked him to perform a miracle for them, to show that God approved of him.

and one of them, a teacher of the Law, tried to trap him with a question.

They said this to trap Jesus, so that they could accuse him. But he bent over and wrote on the ground with his finger.

We must not put the Lord to the test, as some of them did---and they were killed by snakes.