And the Pharisees and Sadducees came, and to test him they asked him to show them a sign from heaven.
while others, to test him, kept seeking from him a sign from heaven.
And as they were speaking to the people, the priests and the captain of the temple and the Sadducees came upon them,
Jesus said to them, “Watch and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”
For Jews demand signs and Greeks seek wisdom,
This they said to test him, that they might have some charge to bring against him. Jesus bent down and wrote with his finger on the ground.
The Pharisees came and began to argue with him, seeking from him a sign from heaven to test him. And he sighed deeply in his spirit and said, “Why does this generation seek a sign? Truly, I say to you, no sign will be given to this generation.” And he left them, got into the boat again, and went to the other side. Now they had forgotten to bring bread, and they had only one loaf with them in the boat. And he cautioned them, saying, “Watch out; beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod.”
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.” And when he had said this, a dissension arose between the Pharisees and the Sadducees, and the assembly was divided. For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, nor angel, nor spirit, but the Pharisees acknowledge them all.
But the high priest rose up, and all who were with him (that is, the party of the Sadducees), and filled with jealousy
So they said to him, “Then what sign do you do, that we may see and believe you? What work do you perform? Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written, ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’”
There came to him some Sadducees, those who deny that there is a resurrection,
But he perceived their craftiness, and said to them,
He also said to the crowds, “When you see a cloud rising in the west, you say at once, ‘A shower is coming.’ And so it happens. And when you see the south wind blowing, you say, ‘There will be scorching heat,’ and it happens. You hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of earth and sky, but why do you not know how to interpret the present time?
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, lying in wait for him, to catch him in something he might say.
When the crowds were increasing, he began to say, “This generation is an evil generation. It seeks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah. For as Jonah became a sign to the people of Nineveh, so will the Son of Man be to this generation.
And behold, a lawyer stood up to put him to the test, saying, “Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?”
And Sadducees came to him, who say that there is no resurrection. And they asked him a question, saying,
But, knowing their hypocrisy, he said to them, “Why put me to the test? Bring me a denarius and let me look at it.”
And Pharisees came up and in order to test him asked, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?”
The next day, that is, after the day of Preparation, the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered before Pilate
“The scribes and the Pharisees sit on Moses' seat,
But when the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together. And one of them, a lawyer, asked him a question to test him.
The same day Sadducees came to him, who say that there is no resurrection, and they asked him a question,
But Jesus, aware of their malice, said, “Why put me to the test, you hypocrites?
Then the Pharisees went and plotted how to entangle him in his words.
And Pharisees came up to him and tested him by asking, “Is it lawful to divorce one's wife for any cause?”
How is it that you fail to understand that I did not speak about bread? Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.” 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.
Then Pharisees and scribes came to Jesus from Jerusalem and said,
Then some of the scribes and Pharisees answered him, saying, “Teacher, we wish to see a sign from you.” But he answered them, “An evil and adulterous generation seeks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah.
But the Pharisees went out and conspired against him, how to destroy him.
And when the Pharisees saw this, they said to his disciples, “Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?”
For I tell you, unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.
But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them, “You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the wrath to come? Bear fruit in keeping with repentance.
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