“Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites ... Leaders who aren’t afraid to be convicted by truth the way Jesus convicted the self-righteous of His time—with words that pierced, not pandered.

This surprise call, as narrated in the gospel (Matthew 9:9), caused a stir among the self-righteous. Jesus was consorting and ... stands in the way and, like the Pharisees, might be asking, “Jeez, why ...

In one typical 2023 speech, Pope Francis said that Pharisees only “performed works to appear righteous” and that ... to “balance” Israel’s self-defensive war with Hamas’ actions ...

He assured them of a new dawn. A new kingdom. Chided the self-righteous Pharisees, conformist Aaronaic priests, the corruption of the tax collectors etc. Jesus suffered. He suffered at the hands ...

“Fine, I’ll tell you what,” Isaac’s Jesus speaks softly but confidently to the self-righteous men who want to bludgeon ... the Sermon on the Mount, Apostles, Pharisees, Romans, betrayal, crucifixion, ...

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 ...

Even his prayer is “with himself”, God seems far removed from his self-righteous boasting ... is that we are all Pharisees at heart; only the realization (and acceptance) of this dilemma ...

5. Judge others harshly to prove your own righteousness. Jesus said you should never judge others when you haven’t repented your sins. In the passage, Jesus confronts some Pharisees who want to ...

No matter how we deny this fact, the impulse of our deepest self remains. This impulse urges us ... In today’s Gospel, Jesus exhorts his disciples to surpass the righteousness (dikaiosyn?) of the ...

But then, in his attempt to affirm what God condemns, Boese plays the “Pharisee card” and accuses those who strive to be faithful to Holy Scripture as being like the self-righteous Pharisees of Jesus’ ...

They failed miserably when Jesus called for the man without sin to cast the first stone. Once the self-righteous Pharisees had departed, Jesus told the woman caught in adultery, “I do not condemn you, ...