Quotes About Scribes

The disciples asked Him, “Why then do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?”

But the chief priests and scribes were indignant when they saw the wonders He performed and the children shouting in the temple courts, “Hosanna to the Son of David!”

Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You pay tithes of mint, dill, and cumin. But you have disregarded the weightier matters of the law: justice, mercy, and faithfulness. You should have practiced the latter, without neglecting the former.

Those who had arrested Jesus led Him away to the house of Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and elders had gathered.

But some of the scribes were sitting there and thinking in their hearts,

And the scribes who had come down from Jerusalem were saying, “He is possessed by Beelzebul,” and, “By the prince of the demons He drives out demons.”

Then the Pharisees and some of the scribes who had come from Jerusalem gathered around Jesus,

And they asked Jesus, “Why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?”

When they returned to the other disciples, they saw a large crowd around them, and scribes arguing with them.

When the chief priests and scribes heard this, they looked for a way to kill Him. For they were afraid of Him, because the whole crowd was astonished at His teaching.

After their return to Jerusalem, Jesus was walking in the temple courts, and the chief priests, scribes, and elders came up to Him.

While Jesus was teaching in the temple courts, He asked, “How can the scribes say that the Christ is the Son of David?

Now the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread were two days away, and the chief priests and scribes were looking for a covert way to arrest Jesus and kill Him.

But the scribes and Pharisees began thinking to themselves, “Who is this man who speaks blasphemy? Who can forgive sins but God alone?”

Looking for a reason to accuse Jesus, the scribes and Pharisees were watching Him closely to see if He would heal on the Sabbath.

But the scribes and Pharisees were filled with rage and began to discuss with one another what they might do to Jesus.

As Jesus went on from there, the scribes and Pharisees began to oppose Him bitterly and to ply Him with questions about many things,

Jesus was teaching at the temple every day, but the chief priests, scribes, and leaders of the people were intent on killing Him.

At daybreak the council of the elders of the people, both the chief priests and scribes, met together. They led Jesus into their Sanhedrin and said,

The next day the rulers, elders, and scribes assembled in Jerusalem,