The scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying, "Who is this that speaks blasphemies? Who can forgive sins, but God alone?"
Which is easier to say, 'Your sins are forgiven you;' or to say, 'Arise and walk?'
But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins" (he said to the paralyzed man), "I tell you, arise, and take up your cot, and go to your house."
Their scribes and the Pharisees murmured against his disciples, saying, "Why do you eat and drink with the tax collectors and sinners?"
They said to him, "Why do John's disciples often fast and pray, likewise also the disciples of the Pharisees, but yours eat and drink?"
But some of the Pharisees said to them, "Why do you do that which is not lawful to do on the Sabbath day?"
The scribes and the Pharisees watched him, to see whether he would heal on the Sabbath, that they might find an accusation against him.
He came near and touched the coffin, and the bearers stood still. He said, "Young man, I tell you, arise!"
Fear took hold of all, and they glorified God, saying, "A great prophet has arisen among us!" and, "God has visited his people!"
But the Pharisees and the lawyers rejected the counsel of God, not being baptized by him themselves.
One of the Pharisees invited him to eat with him. He entered into the Pharisee's house, and sat at the table.
Behold, a woman in the city who was a sinner, when she knew that he was reclining in the Pharisee's house, she brought an alabaster jar of ointment.
Now when the Pharisee who had invited him saw it, he said to himself, "This man, if he were a prophet, would have perceived who and what kind of woman this is who touches him, that she is a sinner."
But he put them all outside, and taking her by the hand, he called, saying, "Child, arise!"
Now as he spoke, a certain Pharisee asked him to dine with him. He went in, and sat at the table.
When the Pharisee saw it, he marveled that he had not first washed himself before dinner.
The Lord said to him, "Now you Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup and of the platter, but your inward part is full of extortion and wickedness.
But woe to you Pharisees! For you tithe mint and rue and every herb, but you bypass justice and the love of God. You ought to have done these, and not to have left the other undone.
Woe to you Pharisees! For you love the best seats in the synagogues, and the greetings in the marketplaces.
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like hidden graves, and the men who walk over them don't know it."
As he said these things to them, the scribes and the Pharisees began to be terribly angry, and to draw many things out of him;
Meanwhile, when a multitude of many thousands had gathered together, so much so that they trampled on each other, he began to tell his disciples first of all, "Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.
On that same day, some Pharisees came, saying to him, "Get out of here, and go away, for Herod wants to kill you."
It happened, when he went into the house of one of the rulers of the Pharisees on a Sabbath to eat bread, that they were watching him.
Jesus, answering, spoke to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, "Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?"
The Pharisees and the scribes murmured, saying, "This man welcomes sinners, and eats with them."
The Pharisees, who were lovers of money, also heard all these things, and they scoffed at him.
Being asked by the Pharisees when the Kingdom of God would come, he answered them, "The Kingdom of God doesn't come with observation;
"Two men went up into the temple to pray; one was a Pharisee, and the other was a tax collector.
The Pharisee stood and prayed to himself like this: 'God, I thank you, that I am not like the rest of men, extortioners, unrighteous, adulterers, or even like this tax collector.
Some of the Pharisees from the multitude said to him, "Teacher, rebuke your disciples!"
He said to them, "Why are you troubled? Why do doubts arise in your hearts?
But to you who fear my name shall the sun of righteousness arise with healing in its wings. You will go out, and leap like calves of the stall.
Which is easier, to tell the paralytic, 'Your sins are forgiven;' or to say, 'Arise, and take up your bed, and walk?'
"I tell you, arise, take up your mat, and go to your house."
The scribes and the Pharisees, when they saw that he was eating with the sinners and tax collectors, said to his disciples, "Why is it that he eats and drinks with tax collectors and sinners?"
John's disciples and the Pharisees were fasting, and they came and asked him, "Why do John's disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but your disciples don't fast?"
The Pharisees said to him, "Behold, why do they do that which is not lawful on the Sabbath day?"
The Pharisees went out, and immediately conspired with the Herodians against him, how they might destroy him.
They have no root in themselves, but are short-lived. When oppression or persecution arises because of the word, immediately they stumble.
Then the Pharisees, and some of the scribes gathered together to him, having come from Jerusalem.
(For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, don't eat unless they wash their hands and forearms, holding to the tradition of the elders.
The Pharisees and the scribes asked him, "Why don't your disciples walk according to the tradition of the elders, but eat their bread with unwashed hands?"
The Pharisees came out and began to question him, seeking from him a sign from heaven, and testing him.
He warned them, saying, "Take heed: beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and the yeast of Herod."
Pharisees came to him testing him, and asked him, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?"
They sent some of the Pharisees and of the Herodians to him, that they might trap him with words.
For there will arise false christs and false prophets, and will show signs and wonders, that they may lead astray, if possible, even the chosen ones.
Arise, let us be going. Behold, he who betrays me is at hand."
Now when they had departed, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream, saying, "Arise and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and stay there until I tell you, for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him."
"Arise and take the young child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel, for those who sought the young child's life are dead."
But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming for his baptism, he said to them, "You offspring of vipers, who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
For I tell you that unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, there is no way you will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven.
When the Pharisees saw it, they said to his disciples, "Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?"
Then John's disciples came to him, saying, "Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but your disciples don't fast?"
But the Pharisees said, "By the prince of the demons, he casts out demons."
Most certainly I tell you, among those who are born of women there has not arisen anyone greater than John the Baptizer; yet he who is least in the Kingdom of Heaven is greater than he.
But the Pharisees, when they saw it, said to him, "Behold, your disciples do what is not lawful to do on the Sabbath."
But the Pharisees went out, and conspired against him, how they might destroy him.
But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, "This man does not cast out demons, except by Beelzebul, the prince of the demons."
Then certain of the scribes and Pharisees answered, "Teacher, we want to see a sign from you."
yet he has no root in himself, but endures for a while. When oppression or persecution arises because of the word, immediately he stumbles.
Then Pharisees and scribes came to Jesus from Jerusalem, saying,
Then the disciples came, and said to him, "Do you know that the Pharisees were offended, when they heard this saying?"
The Pharisees and Sadducees came, and testing him, asked him to show them a sign from heaven.
Jesus said to them, "Take heed and beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees."
How is it that you don't perceive that I didn't speak to you concerning bread? But beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees."
Then they understood that he didn't tell them to beware of the yeast of bread, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.
Pharisees came to him, testing him, and saying, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason?"
When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they perceived that he spoke about them.
Then the Pharisees went and took counsel how they might entrap him in his talk.
But the Pharisees, when they heard that he had silenced the Sadducees, gathered themselves together.
Now while the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them a question,
saying, "The scribes and the Pharisees sat on Moses' seat.
"Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you devour widows' houses, and as a pretense you make long prayers. Therefore you will receive greater condemnation.
"But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you shut up the Kingdom of Heaven against men; for you don't enter in yourselves, neither do you allow those who are entering in to enter.
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you travel around by sea and land to make one proselyte; and when he becomes one, you make him twice as much of a son of Gehenna as yourselves.
"Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint, dill, and cumin, and have left undone the weightier matters of the law: justice, mercy, and faith. But you ought to have done these, and not to have left the other undone.
"Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and unrighteousness.
You blind Pharisee, first clean the inside of the cup and of the platter, that its outside may become clean also.
"Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitened tombs, which outwardly appear beautiful, but inwardly are full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness.
"Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you build the tombs of the prophets, and decorate the tombs of the righteous,
Many false prophets will arise, and will lead many astray.
For there will arise false christs, and false prophets, and they will show great signs and wonders, so as to lead astray, if possible, even the chosen ones.
Arise, let's be going. Behold, he who betrays me is at hand."
Likewise the chief priests also mocking, with the scribes, the Pharisees, and the elders, said,
Now on the next day, which was the day after the Preparation Day, the chief priests and the Pharisees were gathered together to Pilate,
Arise, and depart! For this is not your resting place, because of uncleanness that destroys, even with a grievous destruction.
Arise and thresh, daughter of Zion; for I will make your horn iron, and I will make your hoofs brass; and you will beat in pieces many peoples: and I will devote their gain to the LORD, and their substance to the Lord of the whole earth.
Listen now to what the LORD says: "Arise, plead your case before the mountains, and let the hills hear what you have to say.
Don't rejoice against me, my enemy. When I fall, I will arise. When I sit in darkness, the LORD will be a light to me.
Then answered I them, and said to them, "The God of heaven will prosper us. Therefore we, his servants, will arise and build; but you have no portion, nor right, nor memorial, in Jerusalem."
The vision of Obadiah. This is what the Lord the LORD says about Edom. We have heard news from the LORD, and an ambassador is sent among the nations, saying, "Arise, and let's rise up against her in battle.
circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; concerning the law, a Pharisee;
How long will you sleep, sluggard? When will you arise out of your sleep?
Arise, the LORD! Save me, my God! For you have struck all of my enemies on the cheek bone. You have broken the teeth of the wicked.
Arise, the LORD, in your anger. Lift up yourself against the rage of my adversaries. Awake for me. You have commanded judgment.
Arise, the LORD! Don't let man prevail. Let the nations be judged in your sight.
Arise, the LORD! God, lift up your hand! Don't forget the helpless.
"Because of the oppression of the weak and because of the groaning of the needy, I will now arise," says the LORD; "I will set him in safety from those who malign him."
Arise, the LORD, confront him. Cast him down. Deliver my soul from the wicked by your sword;
Wake up! Why do you sleep, Lord? Arise! Don't reject us forever.
Let God arise! Let his enemies be scattered! Let them who hate him also flee before him.
Arise, God! Plead your own cause. Remember how the foolish man mocks you all day.
that the generation to come might know, even the children who should be born; who should arise and tell their children,
Arise, God, judge the earth, for you inherit all of the nations. A song. A Psalm by Asaph.
You will arise and have mercy on Zion; for it is time to have pity on her. Yes, the set time has come.
They may curse, but you bless. When they arise, they will be shamed, but your servant shall rejoice.
Arise, the LORD, into your resting place; you, and the ark of your strength.
Again, Isaiah says, "There will be the root of Jesse, he who arises to rule over the Gentiles; in him the Gentiles will hope."
The fig tree ripens her green figs. The vines are in blossom. They give forth their fragrance. Arise, my love, my beautiful one, and come away." Lover
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