Then ¹  some of the experts in the law ²  said to themselves, “This man is blaspheming!” ³ 

Then Pharisees ¹  and experts in the law ²  came from Jerusalem ³  to Jesus and said, ⁴ 

“The ¹  experts in the law ²  and the Pharisees ³  sit on Moses’ seat.

Now some of the experts in the law ¹  were sitting there, turning these things over in their minds: ² 

Then ¹  some of the experts in the law ²  answered, “Teacher, you have spoken well!” ³ 

The chief priests and the experts in the law ¹  were there, vehemently accusing him. ² 

On the next day, ¹  their rulers, elders, and experts in the law ²  came together ³  in Jerusalem. ⁴ 

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because he taught them like one who had authority, ¹  not like their experts in the law. ² 

The disciples asked him, ¹  “Why then do the experts in the law ²  say that Elijah must come first?”

In ¹  the same way even the chief priests – together with the experts in the law ²  and elders ³  – were mocking him: ⁴ 

Now ¹  the Pharisees ²  and some of the experts in the law ³  who came from Jerusalem ⁴  gathered around him.

Then ¹  they asked him, ²  “Why do the experts in the law ³  say that Elijah must come first?”

When they came to the disciples, they saw a large crowd around them and experts in the law ¹  arguing with them.

But ¹  the Pharisees ²  and the experts in the law ³  were complaining, ⁴  “This man welcomes ⁵  sinners and eats with them.”

After assembling all the chief priests and experts in the law, ¹  he asked them where the Christ ²  was to be born.

For I tell you, unless your righteousness goes beyond that of the experts in the law ¹  and the Pharisees, ²  you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.

Then some of the experts in the law ¹  along with some Pharisees ²  answered him, ³  “Teacher, we want to see a sign ⁴  from you.”

“Look, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be handed over to the chief priests and the experts in the law. ¹  They will condemn him to death,

“Woe to you, experts in the law ¹  and you Pharisees, hypocrites! You ²  build tombs for the prophets and decorate the graves ³  of the righteous.