The New Testament Witness to Christ and His Kingdom, Student Workbook, SW13

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5. Were active in their proselytizing of others to their practices, and willing to persecute the unconverted

a. Matt. 23.15

b. Acts 9.1-2

6. Were generally opposed to Jesus

a. Rejected John’s baptism, Luke 7.29-30

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b. Early on in Jesus’ public ministry, they sought to have Jesus arrested, John 11.57.

c. Couldn’t stand Jesus’ association with sinners, Luke 15.1-2

d. Known for placing conformity to ritual over love for people, Matt. 15.1-14

e. Ascribed the works of Jesus' deliverance to Satan

(1) Matt. 9.34

(2) Matt. 12.24

7. Reserved his most pronounced teaching against them, Matt. 23.1-33

a. Called them serpents, a generation of vipers, Matt. 23.33