“Woe to you, Pharisees. For you love to sit in the seats of honor in the synagogues and receive respectful greetings as you walk in the marketplaces. What sorrow is awaiting you. For you are like hidden graves in a field. People walk over them without knowing the corruption.”
“Teacher,” said an expert in religious law, “you have insulted us too, in what you just said.”
“Yes,” said Jesus, “what sorrow also awaits you lawyers and teachers of the law. For you crush people with unreasonable demands, and you never lift a finger to ease their burden. What sorrow awaits you. For you build monuments for the prophets that your fathers killed. But in fact, you stand as witnesses who agree with what your ancestors did. They killed the prophets, and you join in their crime by building the monuments. This is what God in his wisdom said about you: ‘I will send prophets and apostles to them, whom they will kill and persecute.’
As a result, this generation will be held responsible for the murder of all God’s prophets from the creation of the world— from the murder of Abel to the murder of Zechariah, who was killed between the altar and the sanctuary. Yes, it will certainly be held to account against this generation.
What sorrow awaits you scholars of the law. For you remove the key to knowledge from the people. You do not enter the Kingdom yourselves, and you prevent others from entering as well.”
As Jesus was leaving, the scribes and the Pharisees became hostile, and tried to provoke him with their questions."
Luke 11:40-53
"Why can you not understand me? Because you are unable to hear what I say. You belong to your father, the devil, and you live to serve your father’s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and did not stand in the truth, for there is no truth in him. When he lies he speaks from his heart, for he is a liar and the father of lies."
John 8:43-44
Who are the Pharisees of our time?
The markets were quiet, in a controlled selling event today.
Tomorrow will be even quieter.
Non-Farm Payrolls on the 10th.
Have a pleasant evening.
