Many Pharisees joined the early church. The term “Pharisee” has come to describe an attitude of self-righteousness and even hypocrisy, but we know that many of them came to believe in Jesus.

One dictionary definition of the word “Pharisee” is “a sanctimonious, self-righteous or hypocritical person.” This definition is rooted in Christian tradition and the role the Pharisees ...

Their political agenda is based on hate, rejection, condemnation and self-righteousness. The biblical Pharisees, who were the enemies of Jesus, used their political connections to have him killed.

For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners’” (Matthew 9:10-13). The Pharisees were consumed with self-righteousness and refused to show mercy to those who needed it most.

The Pharisees frequently oppose Jesus in the ... He’s not encouraging self-righteous rule keeping, but is showing us how far we fall short. This approach, however, is misguided.

The result? Just at 51 percent qualified for the category of “self-righteous Pharisees.” Christians who judge others even judged themselves as judgmental. If you’ve experienced judgment from ...

Jesus must have encountered the hypocrisy of these self-righteous Pharisees almost on a daily basis, for three of the Gospels are replete with his condemnation. For example, in St Matthew 6 ...

We are reminded of this danger in that gospel episode where Christ’s disciples were accused by the self-righteous Pharisees of eating with unwashed hands. (cfr. Mk 7,1-13) That was when Christ ...

Are you a Pharisee or tax collector? Do you know any Pharisees or tax collectors? Stick with me a minute, and we’ll both learn. Pharisees were a dedicated bunch. They were very strict in ...

"Those who consider themselves righteous, they can cook in their own ... Later in the reading, Pharisees criticize Jesus for eating with tax collectors and sinners to which he replies, "Those ...