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Want to know what the Bible says about Pharisees? Here are 73 Bible verses about Pharisees from the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible, New International Version (NIV), sorted from the most relevant to the least relevant.

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Matthew 19:3 NIV
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?”
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Matthew 23:13 NIV
“Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the door of the kingdom of heaven in people’s faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let those enter who are trying to.
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Matthew 15:12 NIV
Then the disciples came to him and asked, “Do you know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this?”
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Luke 7:36 NIV
When one of the Pharisees invited Jesus to have dinner with him, he went to the Pharisee’s house and reclined at the table.
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Luke 16:14 NIV
The Pharisees, who loved money, heard all this and were sneering at Jesus.
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Luke 12:1 NIV
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.
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Matthew 12:14 NIV
But the Pharisees went out and plotted how they might kill Jesus.
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Luke 11:39 NIV
Then the Lord said to him, “Now then, you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside you are full of greed and wickedness.
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Matthew 22:15 NIV
Then the Pharisees went out and laid plans to trap him in his words.
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Luke 7:30 NIV
But the Pharisees and the experts in the law rejected God’s purpose for themselves, because they had not been baptized by John.)
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Luke 5:33 NIV
They said to him, “John’s disciples often fast and pray, and so do the disciples of the Pharisees, but yours go on eating and drinking.”
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Matthew 12:38 NIV
Then some of the Pharisees and teachers of the law said to him, “Teacher, we want to see a sign from you.”
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Matthew 16:1 NIV
The Pharisees and Sadducees came to Jesus and tested him by asking him to show them a sign from heaven.
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Matthew 16:6 NIV
“Be careful,” Jesus said to them. “Be on your guard against the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”
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Matthew 23:27 NIV
“Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside but on the inside are full of the bones of the dead and everything unclean.
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Luke 6:7 NIV
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.
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Matthew 21:45 NIV
When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard Jesus’ parables, they knew he was talking about them.
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Luke 13:31 NIV
At that time some Pharisees came to Jesus and said to him, “Leave this place and go somewhere else. Herod wants to kill you.”
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Matthew 16:1-4 NIV
16 The Pharisees and Sadducees came to Jesus and tested him by asking him to show them a sign from heaven.
2 He replied, “When evening comes, you say, ‘It will be fair weather, for the sky is red,’ 3 and in the morning, ‘Today it will be stormy, for the sky is red and overcast.’ You know how to interpret the appearance of the sky, but you cannot interpret the signs of the times. 4 A wicked and adulterous generation looks for a sign, but none will be given it except the sign of Jonah.” Jesus then left them and went away.
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Mark 3:1-6 NIV
3 Another time Jesus went into the synagogue, and a man with a shriveled hand was there. 2 Some of them were looking for a reason to accuse Jesus, so they watched him closely to see if he would heal him on the Sabbath. 3 Jesus said to the man with the shriveled hand, “Stand up in front of everyone.”
4 Then Jesus asked them, “Which is lawful on the Sabbath: to do good or to do evil, to save life or to kill?” But they remained silent.
5 He looked around at them in anger and, deeply distressed at their stubborn hearts, said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” He stretched it out, and his hand was completely restored. 6 Then the Pharisees went out and began to plot with the Herodians how they might kill Jesus.
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