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

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

Then when Paul noticed ¹  that part of them were Sadducees ²  and the others Pharisees, ³  he shouted out in the council, ⁴  “Brothers, I am a Pharisee, a son of Pharisees. I am on trial concerning the hope of the resurrection ⁵  of the dead!”

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 

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.

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

The ¹  Pharisee was astonished when he saw that Jesus ²  did not first wash his hands ³  before the meal.

The Pharisees ¹  (who loved money) heard all this and ridiculed ²  him.

Now a certain man, a Pharisee ¹  named Nicodemus, who was a member of the Jewish ruling council, ² 

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 

I was circumcised on the eighth day, from the people of Israel and the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews. I lived according to the law as a Pharisee. ¹ 

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?”