Matthew 23:23:
'Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You give a tenth of your spices – mint, dill and cumin. But you have neglected the more important matters of the law – justice, mercy and faithfulness. You should have practiced the latter, without neglecting the former.'
(NIV)
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, pretenders (hypocrites)! For you give a tenth of your mint and dill and cummin, and have neglected and omitted the weightier (more important) matters of the Law--right and justice and mercy and fidelity. These you ought [particularly] to have done, without neglecting the others.
(AMP)
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.
(KJV)
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If I had to choose between putting a saloon or a liberal church on a corner, I'd choose the saloon every time. People who drink up the pay check in the saloon are less likely to become Pharisees, thinking that they don't need the Great Physician, than those who weekly swill the soporific doctrine of man's goodness.
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Tsars and slaves, the intelligent and the obtuse, publicans and pharisees all have an identical legal and moral right to honor the memory of t...
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Luke 12:1:
Meanwhile, when a crowd of many thousands had gathered, so that they were trampling on one another, Jesus began to speak first to his disciples, saying: 'Be on your guard against the yeast of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.'
(NIV)
IN THE meanwhile, when so many thousands of the people had gathered that they were trampling on one another, Jesus commenced by saying primarily to His disciples, Be on your guard against the leaven (ferment) of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy [producing unrest and violent agitation].
(AMP)
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.
(KJV)
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Matthew 12:14:
But the Pharisees went out and plotted how they might kill Jesus.
(NIV)
But the Pharisees went out and held a consultation against Him, how they might do away with Him.
(AMP)
Then the Pharisees went out, and held a council against him, how they might destroy him.
(KJV)
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John 10:1:
'Very truly I tell you Pharisees, anyone who does not enter the sheep pen by the gate, but climbs in by some other way, is a thief and a robber.'
(NIV)
I ASSURE you, most solemnly I tell you, he who does not enter by the door into the sheepfold, but climbs up some other way (elsewhere, from some other quarter) is a thief and a robber.
(AMP)
Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.
(KJV)
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John 3:1:
Now there was a Pharisee, a man named Nicodemus who was a member of the Jewish ruling council.
(NIV)
NOW THERE was a certain man among the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler (a leader, an authority) among the Jews
(AMP)
There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews:
(KJV)
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Philippians 3:5:
Circumcised on the eighth day, of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; in regard to the law, a Pharisee
(NIV)
Circumcised when I was eight days old, of the race of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew [and the son] of Hebrews; as to the observance of the Law I was of [the party of] the Pharisees
(AMP)
Circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, an Hebrew of the Hebrews; as touching the law, a Pharisee;
(KJV)
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Mark 10:2:
Some Pharisees came and tested him by asking, 'Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?'
(NIV)
And some Pharisees came up, and, in order to test Him and try to find a weakness in Him, asked, Is it lawful for a man to dismiss and repudiate and divorce his wife?
(AMP)
And the Pharisees came to him, and asked him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife? tempting him.
(KJV)
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Luke 14:1:
One Sabbath, when Jesus went to eat in the house of a prominent Pharisee, he was being carefully watched.
(NIV)
IT OCCURRED one Sabbath, when [Jesus] went for a meal at the house of one of the ruling Pharisees, that they were [engaged in] watching Him [closely].
(AMP)
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.
(KJV)
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Matthew 19:3:
Some Pharisees came to him to test him. They asked, 'Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any and every reason?'
(NIV)
And Pharisees came to Him and put Him to the test by asking, Is it lawful and right to dismiss and repudiate and divorce one's wife for any and every cause?
(AMP)
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?
(KJV)
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The Pharisees also with the Sadducees came, and tempting desired him that he would shew them a sign from heaven.
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Luke 17:20:
Once, having been asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, Jesus replied, 'The coming of the kingdom of God is not something that can be observed,'
(NIV)
Asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, He replied to them by saying, The kingdom of God does not come with signs to be observed or with visible display
(AMP)
And when he was demanded of the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God should come, he answered them and said, The kingdom of God cometh not with observation:
(KJV)
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Mark 12:13:
Later they sent some of the Pharisees and Herodians to Jesus to catch him in his words.
(NIV)
But they sent some of the Pharisees and of the Herodians to Him for the purpose of entrapping Him in His speech.
(AMP)
And they send unto him certain of the Pharisees and of the Herodians, to catch him in his words.
(KJV)
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Matthew 9:11:
When the Pharisees saw this, they asked his disciples, 'Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?'
(NIV)
And when the Pharisees saw this, they said to His disciples, Why does your Master eat with tax collectors and those [preeminently] sinful?
(AMP)
And when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto his disciples, Why eateth your Master with publicans and sinners?
(KJV)
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Luke 6:7:
The Pharisees and the teachers of the law were looking for a reason to accuse Jesus, so they watched him closely to see if he would heal on the Sabbath.
(NIV)
And the scribes and the Pharisees kept watching Jesus to see whether He would [actually] heal on the Sabbath, in order that they might get [some ground for] accusation against Him.
(AMP)
And the scribes and Pharisees watched him, whether he would heal on the sabbath day; that they might find an accusation against him.
(KJV)
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Mark 7:1:
The Pharisees and some of the teachers of the law who had come from Jerusalem gathered around Jesus
(NIV)
NOW THERE gathered together to [Jesus] the Pharisees and some of the scribes who had come from Jerusalem
(AMP)
Then came together unto him the Pharisees, and certain of the scribes, which came from Jerusalem.
(KJV)
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Luke 7:36:
When one of the Pharisees invited Jesus to have dinner with him, he went to the Pharisee's house and reclined at the table.
(NIV)
One of the Pharisees asked Jesus to dine with him, and He went into the Pharisee's house and reclined at table.
(AMP)
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.
(KJV)
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Luke 5:17:
One day Jesus was teaching, and Pharisees and teachers of the law were sitting there. They had come from every village of Galilee and from Judea and Jerusalem. And the power of the Lord was with Jesus to heal the sick.
(NIV)
One of those days, as He was teaching, there were Pharisees and teachers of the Law sitting by, who had come from every village and town of Galilee and Judea and from Jerusalem. And the power of the Lord was [present] with Him to heal them.
(AMP)
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.
(KJV)
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Matthew 22:34:
Hearing that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, the Pharisees got together.
(NIV)
Now when the Pharisees heard that He had silenced (muzzled) the Sadducees, they gathered together.
(AMP)
But when the Pharisees had heard that he had put the Sadducees to silence, they were gathered together.
(KJV)
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Matthew 15:1:
Then some Pharisees and teachers of the law came to Jesus from Jerusalem and asked
(NIV)
THEN FROM Jerusalem came scribes and Pharisees and said
(AMP)
Then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem, saying,
(KJV)
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John 4:1:
Now Jesus learned that the Pharisees had heard that he was gaining and baptizing more disciples than John –
(NIV)
NOW WHEN the Lord knew (learned, became aware) that the Pharisees had been told that Jesus was winning and baptizing more disciples than John--
(AMP)
When therefore the LORD knew how the Pharisees had heard that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John,
(KJV)
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John 1:24:
Now the Pharisees who had been sent
(NIV)
The messengers had been sent from the Pharisees.
(AMP)
And they which were sent were of the Pharisees.
(KJV)
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