Scribes
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Scribes, Pharisees, and the priesthood held Jews in a bondage of ritual and tradition, overshadowing even Roman political rule. 121:7.3
Jesus recognized that many scribes and Pharisees were honest of heart, despite their enslavement to religious traditions, emphasizing the importance of first making the tree good. 140:8.22
The scribes hypocritically refused to enter the kingdom themselves, while actively preventing others from entering. 175:1.12
Despite being spiritually blind, the scribes were thoroughly moral in their actions and beliefs. 162:3.1
Pharisees, the “associates”, were a progressive Jewish group composed of scribes and rabbis who believed in the resurrection of the dead, teachings not clearly found in the Hebrew scriptures. 137:7.6
Bible parallels
Passages that the paragraphs cited above parallel, quote or reinterpret, from Duane Faw’s Paramony cross-references. Hover a reference to read it.
- First make the tree good 140:8.22 — Mt 12:33.
- First woe 175:1.12 — Mt 23:13; Lk 11:52.
- Teaching in the Temple 162:3.1 — Jn 8:2.
- Resurrection of dead 137:7.6 — Dn 12:1-2.