Best Pharisee Poems

I came to you by night, O Rabbi
Seeking truth and light from your words
You spoke of heavenly things, O Rabbi
But I could not grasp their meaning

You said I must be born again, O Rabbi
Of water and of the Spirit
You said you were the Son of...

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The Publican and the Pharisee went for a walk after church
One wore pride and majesty, the other the marks of the birch
“I say, my man,” said the Pharisee, “will you tell if I come to the pub?”
“Nay, it makes no odds to me, and we...

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Sinners, Publicans – Pharisees, Scribes
Unto neither of these could I ever subscribe

For I read of both groups in the scriptures each day,
And both make me feel to exclaim when I pray,

“God, I thank thee, that I’m not as other men are,
Like those sinners and publicans...

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When you said those things you said to me, 
You had never given it a single thought…… 
About what might be going on in my life. 
You assumed that I had done something on purpose
to upset you or let you down, to break your rules....

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Humility~
Jesus sat with sinners
uplifted the lowly
and washed the Disciples' feet.
The Pharisee valued power more than souls
was greedy and self-indulgent*
and expected the best seat.*
      ~Hubris...

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She left and from this point on, she new 
that the crook priest Gurgul will not give back her monies. 
When he was angry he resembled the raven
with his heavy, straight black hair and dark small eyes, 
with his nose protruding little higher. 
Especially when...

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She walks
She stalks the pyramid
With shell fish underfoot
Drawing lime into her creases
And all because
She given can
To step to climb
In single numbers
Until the penny drops
And everything and nothing stops
Paving way for yesterday
To start under the sphinx gaze
Begotten by the setting nile
Masked in solid sunshine gold
Screaming afterlife...

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Pharisee Committing Heresy

A man apparently said he was a Pharisee,
He and a friend committed much heresy;
Should see these guys,
Who are not very wise;
Together were total embarrassment to see.

Jim Horn...

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Pharisee, pharisee, you come again
My night of hope screams for crumbs to eat,
I’m just a boy needing a few coins
Offering old tin cup to rich men on the lane.
Cold my body wrapped like soiled paper, trash
Echoing my plea for mercy or grace
Yet, I’m bypassed like...

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You that I am not like other men--extortioners, or even like this tax collector.
'I fast twice a week; I give tithes of all I possess.'  And the tax collector standing
afar off, would not so much raise his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast...

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Now behold, one came and said to Him,"Good Teacher, what good thing shall I
do that I might have eternal life?" So, He said to him,"Why do you call Me good?
No one is good but One, that is God. But if you want to enter into...

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