Pharisees
29 passages listed in Nave’s Topical Bible and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook. Verse text: Berean Standard Bible; links open in your translation.
16 sections
- A Sect of the Jews
- Association with Publicans and Sinners
- Become Disciples of Jesus
- Come to Jesus with Questions
- Concerning the Resurrection
- Doctrines of
- Hypocrisy of, Reproved by Jesus
- Hypocrisy of, Reproved by John
- Paul, a Pharisee
- Reject: Christ
- Reject: John
- They Minister to Jesus
- Traditions of, in Regard to Fasting
- Traditions of, in Regard to The Duties of Children to Parents
- Traditions of, in Regard to The Sabbath
- Traditions of, in Regard to The Washing of Hands
A Sect of the Jews
- Acts 15:5 But some believers from the party of the Pharisees stood up and declared, “The Gentiles must be circumcised and required to obey the law of Moses.”
Association with Publicans and Sinners
- Matthew 9:11–13 When the Pharisees saw this, they asked His disciples, “Why does your Teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?” …
Become Disciples of Jesus
- John 3:1 Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a leader of the Jews.
- Acts 15:5 But some believers from the party of the Pharisees stood up and declared, “The Gentiles must be circumcised and required to obey the law of Moses.”
- Acts 22:3 “I am a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but raised in this city. I was educated at the feet of Gamaliel in strict conformity to the law of our fathers. I was just as zealous for God as any of you are today.
Come to Jesus with Questions
- Matthew 19:3 Then some Pharisees came and tested Him by asking, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason?”
- Matthew 22:15–22 Then the Pharisees went out and conspired to trap Jesus in His words. …
Concerning the Resurrection
- Acts 23:6 Then Paul, knowing that some of them were Sadducees and the others Pharisees, called out in the Sanhedrin, “Brothers, I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee. It is because of my hope in the resurrection of the dead that I am on trial.”
- Acts 23:8 For the Sadducees say that there is neither a resurrection nor angels nor spirits, but the Pharisees acknowledge them all.
Doctrines of
- Matthew 15:9 They worship Me in vain; they teach as doctrine the precepts of men.’”
Hypocrisy of, Reproved by Jesus
- Matthew 6:2–8 So when you give to the needy, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be honored by men. Truly I tell you, they already have their full reward. …
- Matthew 6:16–18 When you fast, do not be somber like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces to show men they are fasting. Truly I tell you, they already have their full reward. …
- Matthew 15:1–9 Then some Pharisees and scribes came to Jesus from Jerusalem and asked, …
- Matthew 16:1–12 Then the Pharisees and Sadducees came and tested Jesus by asking Him to show them a sign from heaven. …
- Matthew 21:33–46 Listen to another parable: There was a landowner who planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a winepress in it, and built a tower. Then he rented it out to some tenants and went away on a journey. …
- Matthew 23:2–33 “The scribes and Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat. …
- Luke 11:14–54 One day Jesus was driving out a demon that was mute. And when the demon was gone, the man who had been mute spoke. The crowds were amazed, …
- Luke 12:1 In the meantime, a crowd of many thousands had gathered, so that they were trampling one another. Jesus began to speak first to His disciples: “Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.
- Luke 15:1–9 Now all the tax collectors and sinners were gathering around to listen to Jesus. …
Hypocrisy of, Reproved by John
- Matthew 3:7–10 But when John saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his place of baptism, he said to them, “You brood of vipers, who warned you to flee from the coming wrath? …
Paul, a Pharisee
- Acts 23:6 Then Paul, knowing that some of them were Sadducees and the others Pharisees, called out in the Sanhedrin, “Brothers, I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee. It is because of my hope in the resurrection of the dead that I am on trial.”
- Acts 26:5 They have known me for a long time and can testify, if they are willing, that I lived as a Pharisee, adhering to the strictest sect of our religion.
Reject: Christ
- Matthew 12:38–39 Then some of the scribes and Pharisees said to Him, “Teacher, we want to see a sign from You.” …
- Matthew 15:12 Then the disciples came to Him and said, “Are You aware that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this?”
- John 7:48 “Have any of the rulers or Pharisees believed in Him?
Reject: John
- Luke 7:30 But the Pharisees and experts in the law rejected God’s purpose for themselves, because they had not been baptized by John.
They Minister to Jesus
- Luke 7:36 Then one of the Pharisees invited Jesus to eat with him, and He entered the Pharisee’s house and reclined at the table.
- Luke 11:37 As Jesus was speaking, a Pharisee invited Him to dine with him; so He went in and reclined at the table.
- Luke 14:1 One Sabbath, Jesus went to eat in the home of a leading Pharisee, and those in attendance were watching Him closely.
Traditions of, in Regard to Fasting
- Matthew 9:14 Then John’s disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Why is it that we and the Pharisees fast so often, but Your disciples do not fast?”
- Luke 18:12 I fast twice a week and pay tithes of all that I acquire.’
Traditions of, in Regard to The Duties of Children to Parents
- Matthew 15:4–9 For God said, ‘Honor your father and mother’ and ‘Anyone who curses his father or mother must be put to death.’ …
Traditions of, in Regard to The Sabbath
- Matthew 12:2–8 When the Pharisees saw this, they said to Him, “Look, Your disciples are doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath.” …
Traditions of, in Regard to The Washing of Hands
- Matthew 15:1–3 Then some Pharisees and scribes came to Jesus from Jerusalem and asked, …
- Mark 7:1–15 Then the Pharisees and some of the scribes who had come from Jerusalem gathered around Jesus, …
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Topics: Nave’s Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook (1897), public domain, via the Berean Bible topical index.