what was said about saddicees and pharisees and there rightousness'; and where to find it in the bible?

Answer 1

Jesus said, "Except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the sadducees and pharisees, you shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven."
Matthew 5:20

Answer 2

Matt.23:27 "Woe to you,scribes & Pharisees, hypocrites. For you are like whitewashed tombs which indeed appear beautiful outwardly but inside are full of dead men's bones and all uncleanness. 28 Even so you also outwardly appear righteous to men, but inside you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.

Matt 23-40 Is a good place to read about the woes about both.

Answer 3

The Bible says that they saw themselves as above others, that even if they were sinners, they weren't as bad as the people that Jesus hung around with. They would constantly scoff at the miracles that Jesus did, and remark about other things, like their perception that Jesus was committing sins on the Sabbath, because he healed people on the Sabbath Day.

Try reading John 5. John 8, and John 10.

Answer 4

Are you referring to Jesus' scathing rebuke in Matthew chapter 23? Actually this was addressed to the scribes and Pharisees.

Answer 5

Hey Curt. Find a Bible and look it up. Start with Matthew in the New Testament.

Answer 6

The Sadducees - During the time of Christ and the New Testament era, those who were Sadducees were aristocrats. They tended to be wealthy and held powerful positions, including that of chief priests, the position of high priest, and they held the majority of the 70 seats of the ruling council called the Sanhedrin. They worked very hard to keep the peace by going along with the decisions of Rome (Israel at this time was under Roman control), and in fact they seemed to be more concerned with politics than religion. Because they were accommodating to Rome, and the fact that they were wealthy upper class, they did not relate well to the common man nor did the common man hold them in high opinion. The common man related better to those who belonged to the party of the Pharisees. Though the Sadducees held the majority of seats in the Sanhedrin, history indicates that much of the time they had to go along with the ideas of the Pharisaical minority, again because the Pharisees were popular with the masses.



Religiously, the Sadducees were more conservative in one large area of doctrine than the Pharisees. The Pharisees gave oral tradition equal authority to the written Word of God, while the Sadducees considered only the written Word to be from God. The Sadducees worked very hard to preserve the authority of the written Word of God, especially the Books of Moses (Genesis through Deuteronomy). While they could be commended for this, they definitely were not perfect in their doctrinal views. The following are a brief list of beliefs they held that contradict Scripture:



1. They were extremely self sufficient to the point of denying God's involvement in everyday life.



2. They denied any resurrection of the dead (Matthew 22:23; Mark 12:18-27; Acts 23:8).



3. They denied any afterlife, holding that the soul perished at death, therefore believing there is no penalty or reward after the earthly life.



4. They denied the existence of a spiritual world, i.e. angels and demons (Acts 23:8).



Because the Sadducees were more concerned with politics than religion, they were unconcerned with Jesus until they became afraid He might bring unwanted Roman attention. It was at this point that the Sadducees and Pharisees united to put Christ to death (John 11:48-50; Mark 14:53ff; Mark 15:1ff). Other mentions of the Sadducees are found in Acts 4:1ff, Acts 5:17ff, and the Sadducees are implicated in the death of James by the historian Josephus (Acts 12:1-2).



The Sadducees ceased to exist in A.D. 70. Since this party existed because of their political and priestly ties, when Rome destroyed Jerusalem and the Temple in A.D. 70, the Sadducees were also destroyed.



The Pharisees - In contrast to the Sadducees, the Pharisees were not upper class. Most were middle-class businessmen, and therefore were in contact with the common man. The Pharisees were hold in a much higher opinion by the common man than the Sadducees. Though they were a minority in the Sanhedrin, and held a minority number of positions as priests, they seemed to control the decision making of the Sanhedrin far more than the Sadducees did, again because they had the support of the people.



Religiously, they accepted the written Word as inspired by God. At the time of Christ's earthly ministry, this would have been what is now our Old Testament. But, they also gave equal authority to oral tradition, and attempted to defend this position by saying it went all the way back to Moses. This was nothing less than legalism. These traditions had evolved over centuries. These traditions added to God's Word, which is forbidden (Deuteronomy 4:2; Revelation 22:18-19), and the Pharisees sought to strictly obey these traditions equally along with the Old Testament. The Gospels abound with examples of the Pharisees treating these traditions as equal to God's Word (Matthew 15:1-9; Mark 7:1-23; Matthew 23:23; Luke 11:42; Matthew 23:5; Matthew 9:14; Matthew 23:16). However, they did remain true to God's Word with reference to certain other important doctrines. In contrast to the Sadducees, they held the following:



1. They believed that God controlled all things, and yet decisions made by individuals also contributed to the course of a person' s life.



2. They believed in the resurrection of the dead (Acts 23:6ff).



3. They believed in an afterlife, with appropriate reward and punishment on an individual basis.



4. They believed in the existence of angels and demons (Acts 23:8).



Though the Pharisees were rivals with the Sadducees, they managed to set aside their differences on one occasion--the trial of Christ. It was at this point in time that the Sadducees and Pharisees united to put Christ to death (John 11:48-50; Mark 14:53ff; Mark 15:1ff).



While the Sadducees ceased to exist after the destruction of Jerusalem and the Temple because they were largely political in nature, the Pharisees, who were much more concerned with the religious state of Israel, continued in existence well beyond the destruction of Jerusalem. In fact, the Pharisees were against the rebellion that brought on Jerusalem's destruction in A.D. 70, and were the first to make peace with the Romans afterward. The Pharisees were also responsible for the compilation of the Mishnah, an important document with reference to the continuation of Judaism beyond the destruction of the central place of worship, the Temple.



Both the Pharisees and the Sadducees earned numerous rebukes from Jesus. Perhaps the best lesson we can learn from the Pharisees and Sadducees is to not be like them. Unlike the Sadducees, we are to believe everything the Bible says, including the miraculous and the afterlife. Unlike the Pharisees, we are not to treat traditions as having equal authority as Scripture, and we are not to allow our relationship with God to be reduced to a legalistic list of rules and rituals.

Recommended Resource: Bible Answers for almost all your Questions by Elmer Towns.

Answer 7

I believe it is in Matthew

Answer 8

I'm using the Good News Bible Transation:

(Matt 3:7 GNB) When John saw many Pharisees and Sadducees coming to him to be baptized, he said to them, "You snakes---who told you that you could escape from the punishment God is about to send?

(Mat 5:20 GNB) I tell you, then, that you will be able to enter the Kingdom of heaven only if you are more faithful than the teachers of the Law and the Pharisees in doing what God requires.

(Mat 16:6 GNB) Jesus said to them, "Take care; be on your guard against the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees."

(Mat 16:11 GNB) How is it that you don't understand that I was not talking to you about bread? Guard yourselves from the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees!"

(Mat 16:12 GNB) Then the disciples understood that he was not warning them to guard themselves from the yeast used in bread but from the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

(Mat 23:13 GNB) "How terrible for you, teachers of the Law and Pharisees! You hypocrites! You lock the door to the Kingdom of heaven in people's faces, but you yourselves don't go in, nor do you allow in those who are trying to enter!

(Mat 23:15 GNB) "How terrible for you, teachers of the Law and Pharisees! You hypocrites! You sail the seas and cross whole countries to win one convert; and when you succeed, you make him twice as deserving of going to hell as you yourselves are!

(Mat 23:23 GNB) "How terrible for you, teachers of the Law and Pharisees! You hypocrites! You give to God one tenth even of the seasoning herbs, such as mint, dill, and cumin, but you neglect to obey the really important teachings of the Law, such as justice and mercy and honesty. These you should practice, without neglecting the others.

(Mat 23:25 GNB) "How terrible for you, teachers of the Law and Pharisees! You hypocrites! You clean the outside of your cup and plate, while the inside is full of what you have gotten by violence and selfishness.

(Mat 23:27 GNB) "How terrible for you, teachers of the Law and Pharisees! You hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look fine on the outside but are full of bones and decaying corpses on the inside.

(Mat 23:29 GNB) "How terrible for you, teachers of the Law and Pharisees! You hypocrites! You make fine tombs for the prophets and decorate the monuments of those who lived good lives;

(Mar 8:15 GNB) "Take care," Jesus warned them, "and be on your guard against the yeast of the Pharisees and the yeast of Herod."

(Luk 11:39 GNB) So the Lord said to him, "Now then, you Pharisees clean the outside of your cup and plate, but inside you are full of violence and evil.

(Luk 11:42 GNB) "How terrible for you Pharisees! You give to God one tenth of the seasoning herbs, such as mint and rue and all the other herbs, but you neglect justice and love for God. These you should practice, without neglecting the others.

(Luk 11:43 GNB) "How terrible for you Pharisees! You love the reserved seats in the synagogues and to be greeted with respect in the marketplaces.

(Luk 11:53 GNB) When Jesus left that place, the teachers of the Law and the Pharisees began to criticize him bitterly and ask him questions about many things,

(Luk 12:1 GNB) As thousands of people crowded together, so that they were stepping on each other, Jesus said first to his disciples, "Be on guard against the yeast of the Pharisees---I mean their hypocrisy.

(Joh 8:12 GNB) Jesus spoke to the Pharisees again. "I am the light of the world," he said. "Whoever follows me will have the light of life and will never walk in darkness."

(Joh 8:13 GNB) The Pharisees said to him, "Now you are testifying on your own behalf; what you say proves nothing."

I hope this helps guide you to what you are looking for, darlin.

Peace.