(Now they had been sent from the Pharisees. ¹ ) ² 

The Pharisees ¹  heard the crowd ²  murmuring these things about Jesus, ³  so the chief priests and the Pharisees sent officers ⁴  to arrest him. ⁵ 

But the Pharisees ¹  said, “By the ruler ²  of demons he casts out demons.” ³ 

But the Pharisees went out and plotted against him, as to how they could assassinate ¹  him.

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

Then the Pharisees ¹  went out and planned together to entrap him with his own words. ² 

Now when the Pharisees ¹  heard that he had silenced the Sadducees, ²  they assembled together. ³ 

While ¹  the Pharisees ²  were assembled, Jesus asked them a question: ³ 

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

Then the Pharisees answered, ¹  “You haven’t been deceived too, have you? ² 

None of the rulers ¹  or the Pharisees have believed in him, have they? ² 

They brought the man who used to be blind ¹  to the Pharisees. ² 

But some of them went to the Pharisees ¹  and reported to them ²  what Jesus had done.

Now one of the Pharisees ¹  asked Jesus ²  to have dinner with him, so ³  he went into the Pharisee’s house and took his place at the table. ⁴ 

Now ¹  John’s ²  disciples and the Pharisees ³  were fasting. ⁴  So ⁵  they came to Jesus ⁶  and said, “Why do the disciples of John and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but your disciples don’t fast?”

Then the disciples came to him and said, “Do you know that when the Pharisees ¹  heard this saying they were offended?”

Now when the Pharisees ¹  and Sadducees ²  came to test Jesus, ³  they asked him to show them a sign from heaven. ⁴ 

The ¹  next day (which is after the day of preparation) the chief priests and the Pharisees ²  assembled before Pilate

So ¹  the Pharisees ²  said to him, “Look, why are they doing what is against the law on the Sabbath?”

So ¹  the Pharisees ²  went out immediately and began plotting with the Herodians, ³  as to how they could assassinate ⁴  him.