Pharisees, Scribes and Yehudim Failed to Keep the Commands of יהוה
‘Let your light so shine before men, so that they see your good works and praise your Father who is in the heavens. Do not think that I came to destroy the Torah or the Prophets. I did not come to destroy but to complete. For truly, I say to you, till the heaven and the earth pass away, one yod or one tittle shall by no means pass from the Torah till all be done. “Whoever, then, breaks one of the least of these commands, and teaches men so, shall be called least in the reign of the heavens; but whoever does and teaches them, he shall be called great in the reign of the heavens. For I say to you, that unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you shall by no means enter into the reign of the heavens.’
- Mattithyahu (Matthew) 5:16-20
https://www.bible.com/bible/316/MAT.5.16-20
‘Then some of the scribes and Pharisees answered, saying, “Teacher, we wish to see a sign from You.” But He answering, said to them, “A wicked and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, and no sign shall be given to it except the sign of the prophet Yonah. “For as Yonah was three days and three nights in the stomach of the great fish , so shall the Son of Aḏam be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. “Men of Ninewĕh shall stand up in the judgment with this generation and condemn it, because they repented at the preaching of Yonah, and look, a greater than Yonah is here.’
- Mattithyahu (Matthew) 12:38-41
https://www.bible.com/bible/316/MAT.12.38-41
‘“And in them the prophecy of Yeshayahu is completely filled, which says, ‘Hearing you shall hear and by no means understand, and seeing you shall see and by no means perceive, for the heart of this people has become thickened, and their ears are hard of hearing, and their eyes they have closed, lest they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears, lest they should understand with their heart, and turn back, and I heal them.’ “And blessed are your eyes because they see, and your ears because they hear, for truly I say to you, that many prophets and righteous ones longed to see what you see, and did not see it, and to hear what you hear, and did not hear it.’
- Mattithyahu (Matthew) 13:14-17
https://www.bible.com/bible/316/MAT.13.14-17
‘And He said, “Go, and you shall say to this people, ‘Hearing, you hear, but do not understand; and seeing, you see, but do not know.’ “Make the heart of this people fat, and their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and shall turn and be healed.”’
- Yeshayah (Isaiah) 6:9-10
https://www.bible.com/bible/316/ISA.6.9-10
‘Then there came to יהושע scribes and Pharisees from Yerushalayim, saying, Why do Your taught ones transgress the tradition of the elders? For they do not wash their hands when they eat bread. But He answering, said to them, “Why do you also transgress the command of Elohim because of your tradition? “For Elohim has commanded, saying, ‘Respect your father and your mother,’ and, ‘He who curses father or mother, let him be put to death.’ “But you say, ‘Whoever says to his father or mother, “Whatever profit you might have received from me has been dedicated,” is certainly released from respecting his father or mother.’ So you have nullified the command of Elohim by your tradition. “Hypocrites! Yeshayahu rightly prophesied about you, saying, ‘This people draw near to Me with their mouth, and respect Me with their lips, but their heart is far from Me. ‘But in vain do they worship Me, teaching as teachings the commands of men.’ ” And calling the crowd near, He said to them, “Hear and understand: “Not that which goes into the mouth defiles the man, but that which comes out of the mouth, this defiles the man. Then His taught ones came and said to Him, “Do You know that the Pharisees stumbled when they heard this word?” But He answering, said, “Every plant which My heavenly Father has not planted shall be uprooted. “Leave them alone. They are blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind leads the blind, both shall fall into a ditch. And Kĕpha answering, said to Him, “Explain this parable to us.” And יהושע said, “Are you also still without understanding? “Do you not understand that whatever enters into the mouth goes into the stomach, and is cast out in the sewer? “But what comes out of the mouth comes from the heart, and these defile the man. “For out of the heart come forth wicked reasonings, murders, adulteries, whorings, thefts, false witnessings, slanders. “These defile the man, but to eat with unwashed hands does not defile the man.”’
- Mattithyahu (Matthew) 15:1-20
https://www.bible.com/bible/316/MAT.15.1-20
‘And יהוה says, “Because this people has drawn near with its mouth, and with its lips they have esteemed Me, and it has kept its heart far from Me, and their fear of Me has become a command of men that is taught!’
- Yeshayah (Isaiah) 29:13
https://www.bible.com/bible/316/ISA.29.13
‘And the Pharisees and Sadducees came, and trying Him asked that He would show them a sign from heaven. And He answering, said to them, “When it is evening you say, ‘Fair weather, for the heaven is red,’ and in the morning, ‘Stormy weather today, for the heaven is red and overcast.’ You know how to discern the face of the heaven, but you are unable to discern the signs of the times! A wicked and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, and no sign shall be given to it except the sign of the prophet Yonah. And He left them and went away.’
- Mattithyahu (Matthew) 16:1-4
https://www.bible.com/bible/316/MAT.16.1-4
‘Then יהושע spoke to the crowds and to His taught ones, saying, “The scribes and the Pharisees sit on the seat of Mosheh. Therefore, whatever they say to you to guard, guard and do. But do not do according to their works, for they say, and do not do. “For they bind heavy burdens, hard to bear, and lay them on men’s shoulders, but with their finger they do not wish to move them.’
- Mattithyahu (Matthew) 23:1-4
https://www.bible.com/bible/316/MAT.23.1-4
‘“But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you shut up the reign of the heavens before men, for you do not go in, nor do you allow those who are entering to go in.’
- Mattithyahu (Matthew) 23:13
https://www.bible.com/bible/316/MAT.23.13
‘“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you eat up widows’ houses, and for a show make long prayers. Because of this you shall receive greater judgment.’
- Mattithyahu (Matthew) 23:14
https://www.bible.com/bible/316/MAT.23.14
‘“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you go about the land and the sea to win one convert, and when he is won, you make him a son of GĕHinnom twofold more than yourselves. “Woe to you, blind guides, who say, ‘Whoever swears by the Dwelling Place, it does not matter, but whoever swears by the gold of the Dwelling Place, is bound by oath.’ Fools and blind! For which is greater, the gold or the Dwelling Place that sets the gold apart?” “And, ‘Whoever swears by the slaughter-place, it does not matter, but whoever swears by the gift that is on it, is bound by oath.’ Fools and blind! For which is greater, the gift or the slaughter-place that sets the gift apart?” “He, then, who swears by the slaughter-place, swears by it and by all that is upon it. “And he who swears by the Dwelling Place, swears by it and by Him who is dwelling in it.’
- Mattithyahu (Matthew) 23:15-21
https://www.bible.com/bible/316/MAT.23.15-21
‘“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you tithe the mint and the anise and the cumin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the Torah: the right-ruling and the compassion and the belief. These need to have been done, without neglecting the others. “Blind guides – straining out a gnat and swallowing a camel!’
- Mattithyahu (Matthew) 23:23-24
https://www.bible.com/bible/316/MAT.23.23-24
‘“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are filled with plunder and unrighteousness. “Blind Pharisee, first clean the inside of the cup and dish, so that the outside of them becomes clean too.’
- Mattithyahu (Matthew) 23:25-26
https://www.bible.com/bible/316/MAT.23.25-26
‘“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you are like whitewashed tombs which outwardly indeed look well, but inside are filled with dead men’s bones and all uncleanness. “So you too outwardly indeed appear righteous to men, but inside you are filled with hypocrisy and lawlessness.’
- Mattithyahu (Matthew) 23:27-28
https://www.bible.com/bible/316/MAT.23.27-28
‘“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you build the tombs of the prophets and decorate the monuments of the righteous, and say, ‘If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we would not have taken part with them in the blood of the prophets.’ Thus you bear witness against yourselves that you are sons of those who did murder the prophets – and you fill up the measure of your fathers! “Serpents, brood of adders! How would you escape the judgment of GĕHinnom? “Because of this, see, I send you prophets, and wise men, and scholars of Scripture. Some of them you shall kill and impale, and some of them you shall flog in your congregations and persecute from city to city, so that on you should come all the righteous blood shed on the earth, from the blood of righteous Heḇel to the blood of Zeḵaryah, son of Bereḵyah, whom you murdered between the Dwelling Place and the slaughter-place. Truly, I say to you, all this shall come upon this generation. “Yerushalayim, Yerushalayim, killing the prophets and stoning those who are sent to her! How often I wished to gather your children together, the way a hen gathers her chickens under her wings, but you would not! See! Your house is left to you laid waste,’
- Mattithyahu (Matthew) 23:29-38
https://www.bible.com/bible/316/MAT.23.29-38
‘And the scribes who came down from Yerushalayim said, “He has Be‛elzebul,” and, “He casts out demons by the ruler of the demons.” And calling them near He said to them in parables, “How is Satan able to cast out Satan? “And if a reign is divided against itself, that reign is unable to stand. “And if a house is divided against itself, that house is unable to stand. “And if Satan has risen up against himself, and is divided, he is unable to stand, but has an end. “No one is able to enter a strong man’s house and plunder his goods, unless he first binds the strong man, and then he shall plunder his house. “Truly, I say to you, all the sins shall be forgiven the sons of men, and whatever blasphemies they speak, but he who blasphemes against the Set-apart Spirit has no forgiveness forever, but is subject to everlasting judgment,” because they said, “He has an unclean spirit.”’
- Marqos (Mark) 3:22-30
https://www.bible.com/bible/316/MRK.3.22-30
‘Then the Pharisees and scribes asked Him, “Why do Your taught ones not walk according to the tradition of the elders, but eat bread with unwashed hands?” And He answering, said to them, “Well did Yeshayahu prophesy concerning you hypocrites, as it has been written, ‘This people respect Me with their lips, but their heart is far from Me. And in vain do they worship Me, teaching as teachings the commands of men.’ Forsaking the command of Elohim, you hold fast the tradition of men. And He said to them, “Well do you set aside the command of Elohim, in order to guard your tradition. “For Mosheh said, ‘Respect your father and your mother,’ and, ‘He who curses father or mother, let him be put to death.’ “But you say, ‘If a man says to his father or mother, “Whatever profit you might have received from me, is Qorban (that is, a gift),” ’ you no longer let him do any matter at all for his father or his mother, nullifying the Word of Elohim through your tradition which you have handed down. And many such traditions you do.”’
- Marqos (Mark) 7:5-13
https://www.bible.com/bible/316/MRK.7.5-13
‘And He was warning them, saying, “Mind! Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the leaven of Herodes.”’
- Marqos (Mark) 8:15
https://www.bible.com/bible/316/MRK.8.15
‘And in His teaching He was saying to them, “Beware of the scribes, who like to walk around in long robes, and like greetings in the market-places, and the best seats in the congregations, and the best places at feasts, who are devouring widows’ houses, and for a show make long prayers. These shall receive greater judgment.”’
- Marqos (Mark) 12:38-40
https://www.bible.com/bible/316/MRK.12.38-40
‘And about the middle of the festival יהושע went up into the Set-apart Place, and He was teaching. And the Yehuḏim were marvelling, saying, “How does this Man know letters, not having learned?” יהושע answered them and said, “My teaching is not Mine, but His who sent Me. If anyone desires to do His desire, he shall know concerning the teaching, whether it is from Elohim, or whether I speak from Myself. “He who speaks from himself is seeking his own esteem, but He who seeks the esteem of the One who sent Him is true, and no unrighteousness is in Him. “Did not Mosheh give you the Torah? Yet not one of you does the Torah! Why do you seek to kill Me?” The crowd answered and said, “You have a demon, who seeks to kill You?”’
- Yoḥanan (John) 7:14-20
https://www.bible.com/bible/316/JHN.7.14-20
‘“I know that you are the seed of Aḇraham, but you seek to kill Me, because My Word has no place in you. “I speak what I have seen with My Father, and you do what you have heard from your father.” They answered and said to Him, “Aḇraham is our father.” יהושע said to them, “If you were Aḇraham’s children, you would do the works of Aḇraham. “But now you seek to kill Me, a Man who has spoken to you the truth which I heard from Elohim. Aḇraham did not do this.’
- Yoḥanan (John) 8:37-40
https://www.bible.com/bible/316/JHN.8.37-40
‘And He spoke a parable to them, “Is a blind able to lead a blind? Shall they not both fall into a pit?’
- Luqas (Luke) 6:39
https://www.bible.com/bible/316/LUK.6.39
‘And as He spoke, a certain Pharisee asked Him to dine with him, so He went in and sat down to eat. And when the Pharisee saw it, he marvelled that He did not first wash before dinner. And the Master said to him, “Now you Pharisees make the outside of the cup and dish clean, but your inward part is filled with greed and wickedness. “Mindless ones! Did not He who made the outside make the inside also? “But give in kindness of that which is within, and see, all are clean to you. “But woe to you Pharisees, because you tithe the mint and the rue and every plant, and pass by the right-ruling and the love of Elohim. These you should have done, without leaving the others undone.’
- Luqas (Luke) 11:37-42
https://www.bible.com/bible/316/LUK.11.37-42
‘“Woe to you Pharisees, because you love the best seats in the congregations and the greetings in the market-places.’
- Luqas (Luke) 11:43
https://www.bible.com/bible/316/LUK.11.43
‘Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because you are like the unseen tombs, and the men walking over them do not know.’
- Luqas (Luke) 11:44
https://www.bible.com/bible/316/LUK.11.44
‘And He said, “Woe to you also, you learned in the Torah, because you load men with burdens hard to bear, and you yourselves do not touch the burdens with one of your fingers. “Woe to you, because you build the tombs of the prophets, and your fathers killed them. “So you bear witness that you approve of the works of your fathers, because they indeed killed them, and you build their tombs. “And because of this the wisdom of Elohim said, ‘I shall send them prophets and emissaries, and some of them they shall kill and persecute,’ so that the blood of all the prophets which was shed from the foundation of the world shall be required of this generation, from the blood of Heḇel to the blood of Zeḵaryah who perished between the slaughter-place and the Dwelling Place. Yes, I say to you, it shall be required of this generation.’
- Luqas (Luke) 11:46-51
https://www.bible.com/bible/316/LUK.11.46-51
‘“Woe to you learned in the Torah, because you took away the key of knowledge. You did not enter in yourselves, and those who were entering in you hindered.” And as He was saying this to them, the scribes and the Pharisees began to oppose Him fiercely, and to draw Him out on many subjects, watching Him, and seeking to catch Him in whatever He says, so as to accuse Him.’
- Luqas (Luke) 11:52-54
https://www.bible.com/bible/316/LUK.11.52-54
‘Meanwhile, when an innumerable crowd of people had gathered together, so that they trampled one another, He began to say to His taught ones, first, “Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. “And whatever is concealed shall be revealed, and whatever is hidden shall be known.’
- Luqas (Luke) 12:1-2
https://www.bible.com/bible/316/LUK.12.1-2
‘And the Pharisees, who loved silver, also heard all this, and were sneering at Him, so He said to them, “You are those who declare yourselves righteous before men, but Elohim knows your hearts, because what is highly thought of among men is an abomination in the sight of Elohim. The Torah and the prophets are until Yoḥanan. Since then the reign of Elohim is being announced, and everyone is doing violence upon it.’
- Luqas (Luke) 16:14-16
https://www.bible.com/bible/316/LUK.16.14-16
‘And Kĕpha and the other emissaries answering, said, “We have to obey Elohim rather than men.’
- Ma`asei (Acts) 5:29
https://www.bible.com/bible/316/ACT.5.29
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