Pharisees & Sadducees Fruit

Question 1

Meanwhile, when a crowd of many thousands had gathered, so that they were trampling on one another, Jesus began to speak first to his disciples, saying: “Be on your guard against the yeast of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.

Answer 1

Luke 12:1

Question 1

“Beware of the teachers of the law. They like to walk around in flowing robes and love to be greeted in the marketplaces and have the most important seats in the synagogues and the places of honor at banquets. They devour widows’ houses and for a show make lengthy prayers. Such men will be punished most severely.”

Answer 1

Lk. 20:46-47

Question 2

“Be careful,” Jesus said to them. “Be on your guard against the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees.” They discussed this among themselves and said, “It is because we didn’t bring any bread.” Aware of their discussion, Jesus asked, “You of little faith, why are you talking among yourselves about having no bread?
Do you still not understand? Don’t you remember the five loaves for the five thousand, and how many basketfuls you gathered? Or the seven loaves for the four thousand, and how many basketfuls you gathered? How is it you don’t understand that I was not talking to you about bread? But be on your guard against the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees.” Then they understood that he was not telling them to guard against the yeast used in bread, but against the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

Answer 2

MT. 16:6-12

Question 3

“Watch out for the yeast of the Pharisees and that of Herod.”
They discussed this with one another and said, “It is because we have no bread.” Aware of their discussion, Jesus asked them: “Why are you talking about having no bread? Do you still not see or understand? Are your hearts hardened? Do you have eyes but fail to see, and ears but fail to hear? And don’t you remember? When I broke the five loaves for the five thousand, how many basketfuls of pieces did you pick up?” “Twelve,” they replied.
“And when I broke the seven loaves for the four thousand, how many basketfuls of pieces did you pick up?” They answered, “Seven.” He said to them, “Do you still not understand?”

Answer 3

Mk 8:15-21

Question 4

Six Woes the Pharisees and teachers of the law

Answer 4

Lk. 11:37-54

Question 5

Seven Woes

Answer 5

Mt. 23:1 through the chapter
Parallels Mk. 12:37-40
Lk. 20:45-47 Both Mark and Lk. contain the warnings to Beware or Watch out of the teachers of the law.

Question 6

But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to where he was baptizing, he said to them: “You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?
Produce fruit in keeping with repentance.

Answer 6

Mat 3:7-8

Parallels Lk 3:8ff

Question 7

The ax is already at the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.

Answer 7

Mat 3:10

Parallels Lk 3:8ff

Question 8

“Watch out for false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious wolves. By their fruit you will recognize them. Do people pick grapes from thorn bushes, or figs from thistles? Likewise every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot bear good fruit. Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. Thus, by their fruit you will recognize them.

Answer 8

Mat 7:15-20

Parallels Lk. 6:43-45

Question 9

“Make a tree good and its fruit will be good, or make a tree bad and its fruit will be bad, for a tree is recognized by its fruit.

Answer 9

Mat 12:33

Question 10

Seeing a fig tree by the road, he went up to it but found nothing on it except leaves. Then he said to it, “May you never bear fruit again!” Immediately the tree withered.

Answer 10

Mat 21:19

Parallels Mk. 11:13

Question 11

Parable of the Tenants

Answer 11

Mt. 21:33-46
Mk. 12:1-12
Lk. 20:9-18

Question 12

Parable of the Talents

Answer 12

Mt. 25:14-30

Question 13

Parable of the pounds (minas)

Answer 13

Luke 19:11-27

Question 14

Luk 6:43 “No good tree bears bad fruit, nor does a bad tree bear good fruit.
Luk 6:44 Each tree is recognized by its own fruit. People do not pick figs from thornbushes, or grapes from briers.
Luk 6:45 The good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart, and the evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in his heart. For out of the overflow of his heart his mouth speaks.

Answer 14

Lk. 6:43-45 Parallels Mt. 5:15ff

Question 15

Blasphemy against the Holy Spirit
Mt. account: And so I tell you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven men, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven.
Anyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but anyone who speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven, either in this age or in the age to come.
Luk 12:10 And everyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but anyone who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven.

Answer 15

Mt. 12:31-32
Parallels Mk. 3:28-29
Corresponds with Luke 11 where Jesus is doing miracles by Beelzebub. This is earlier in by Mt. and Mark.
All three text have the healing of the blind mute Mk. Doesn’t record the Miracle, just the teaching afterwards and the accusation of that Jesus is doing his miracles by the power of Beelzebub.

Question 16

In the context of blasphemy of the Holy Spirit:
Mat 12:33 “Make a tree good and its fruit will be good, or make a tree bad and its fruit will be bad, for a tree is recognized by its fruit.
Mat 12:34 You brood of vipers, how can you who are evil say anything good? For out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks.
Mat 12:35 The good man brings good things out of the good stored up in him, and the evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in him.
Mat 12:36 But I tell you that men will have to give account on the day of judgment for every careless word they have spoken.
Mat 12:37 For by your words you will be acquitted, and by your words you will be condemned.”

Answer 16

Mt. 12:33-37
Notice the fruit. And the brood of vipers which he refers to the leaders by as well as Furious wolves.
Brood of Vipers is a common term he uses.

Question 17

Then he told this parable: “A man had a fig tree, planted in his vineyard, and he went to look for fruit on it, but did not find any. So he said to the man who took care of the vineyard, ‘For three years now I’ve been coming to look for fruit on this fig tree and haven’t found any. Cut it down! Why should it use up the soil?’ “ ‘Sir,’ the man replied, ‘leave it alone for one more year, and I’ll dig around it and fertilize it. If it bears fruit next year, fine! If not, then cut it down.’ “

Answer 17

Lk. 13:6-9

Question 18

He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes[1] so that it will be even more fruitful.

Answer 18

Joh 15:2

Question 19

Remain in me, and I will remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me.

Answer 19

Joh 15:4

Question 20

“I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.

Answer 20

Joh 15:5

Question 21

This is to my Father’s glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples.

Answer 21

Joh 15:8

Question 22

You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you to go and bear fruit-fruit that will last. Then the Father will give you whatever you ask in my name.

Answer 22

Joh 15:16

Question 23

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and selfcontrol. Against such things there is no law.

Answer 23

Gal 5:22-23

Question 24

For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light (for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness and truth) and find out what pleases the Lord. Have nothing to do with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them.

Answer 24

Eph. 5:8-11

Question 25

And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight,
so that you may be able to discern what is best and may be pure and blameless until the day of Christ, filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ-to the glory and praise of God.

Answer 25

Php 1:9-11

Question 26

that has come to you. All over the world this gospel is bearing fruit and growing, just as it has been doing among you since the day you heard it and understood God’s grace in all its truth.

Answer 26

Col 1:6

Question 27

And we pray this in order that you may live a life worthy of the Lord and may please him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God,

Answer 27

Col 1:10

Question 28

Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise-the fruit of lips that confess his name.

Answer 28

Heb 13:15

Question 29

But the wisdom that comes from heaven is first of all pure; then peaceloving, considerate, submissive, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial and sincere.

Answer 29

Jas 3:17

Question 30

“I tell you, whoever acknowledges me before men, the Son of Man will also acknowledge him before the angels of God.
But he who disowns me before men will be disowned before the angels of God.
And everyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but anyone who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven.
“When you are brought before synagogues, rulers and authorities, do not worry about how you will defend yourselves or what you will say,
for the Holy Spirit will teach you at that time what you should say.”

Answer 30

Luk 12:8-12

Question 32

So, my brothers, you also died to the law through the body of Christ, that you might belong to another, to him who was raised from the dead, in order that we might bear fruit to God.

Answer 32

Rom 7:4

Question 33

For when we were controlled by the sinful nature,[1] the sinful passions aroused by the law were at work in our bodies, so that we bore fruit for death.

Answer 33

Rom 7:5

Question 34

“So when you give to the needy, do not announce it with trumpets, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be honored by men. I tell you the truth, they have received their reward in full. But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, so that your giving may be in secret. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.

Answer 34

Mt. 6:2-4

Question 35

“And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by men. I tell you the truth, they have received their reward in full. But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you. And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words. Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.

Answer 35

Mt. 6:5-8

Question 36

“When you fast, do not look somber as the hypocrites do, for they disfigure their faces to show men they are fasting. I tell you the truth, they have received their reward in full. But when you fast, put oil on your head and wash your face, so that it will not be obvious to men that you are fasting, but only to your Father, who is unseen; and your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.

Answer 36

Mt. 6:16-18

Question 37

Then some Pharisees and teachers of the law came to Jesus from Jerusalem and asked, “Why do your disciples break the tradition of the elders? They don’t wash their hands before they eat!” Jesus replied, “And why do you break the command of God for the sake of your tradition? For God said, ‘Honor your father and mother’[1] and ‘Anyone who curses his father or mother must be put to death.’ But you say that if a man says to his father or mother, ‘Whatever help you might otherwise have received from me is a gift devoted to God,’ he is not to ‘honor his father[3]’ with it. Thus you nullify the word of God for the sake of your tradition. You hypocrites! Isaiah was right when he prophesied about you: “ ‘These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me.They worship me in vain; their teachings are but rules taught by men.”

Answer 37

MT. 15:1-9=Mk 7:1-23

Question 38

Now the tax collectors and “sinners” were all gathering around to hear him.But the Pharisees and the teachers of the law muttered, “This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.”

Answer 38

Lk. 15:1-2

Question 39

But the Pharisees and experts in the law rejected God’s purpose for themselves, because they had not been baptized by John.)

Answer 39

Luk 7:30

Question 40

Then the disciples came to him and asked, “Do you know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this?” He replied, “Every plant that my heavenly Father has not planted will be pulled up by the roots. Leave them; they are blind guides.[5] If a blind man leads a blind man, both will fall into a pit.”

Answer 40

Mat 15:12-14

Question 41

Then the Pharisees went out and laid plans to trap him in his words. They sent their disciples to him along with the Herodians. “Teacher,” they said, “we know you are a man of integrity and that you teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. You aren’t swayed by men, because you pay no attention to who they are. Tell us then, what is your opinion? Is it right to pay taxes to Caesar or not?” But Jesus, knowing their evil intent, said, “You hypocrites, why are you trying to trap me? Show me the coin used for paying the tax.” They brought him a denarius, and he asked them, “Whose portrait is this? And whose inscription?” “Caesar’s,” they replied. Then he said to them, “Give to Caesar what is Caesar’s, and to God what is God’s.” When they heard this, they were amazed. So they left him and went away.

Answer 41

Mt. 22:15-22=Lk. 20: 20-26=Mk. 12:13-17
The difference in accounts is significant. All start off in different ways in which thy tried to trap Jesus.
Lk. :20: 20-21 Keeping a close watch on him, they sent spies, who pretended to be honest. They hoped to catch Jesus in something he said so that they might hand him over to the power and authority of the governor. So the spies questioned him:
Mk. 12:13-14 Later they sent some of the Pharisees and Herodians to Jesus to catch him in his words.They came to him and said,

Question 42

One Sabbath, when Jesus went to eat in the house of a prominent Pharisee, he was being carefully watched.

Answer 42

Lk 14:1

Question 43

Now one of the Pharisees invited Jesus to have dinner with him, so he went to the Pharisee’s house and reclined at the table. When a woman who had lived a sinful life in that town learned that Jesus was eating at the Pharisee’s house, she brought an alabaster jar of perfume, and as she stood behind him at his feet weeping, she began to wet his feet with her tears. Then she wiped them with her hair, kissed them and poured perfume on them. When the Pharisee who had invited him saw this, he said to himself, “If this man were a prophet, he would know who is touching him and what kind of woman she is-that she is a sinner.”

Answer 43

Mt. 7:36-39

Question 44

Warning about religious teachers

Answer 44

Lk. 12:1
Lk. 20:46-47
Mt. 16:6-12=Mk. 8:15-21
Mt. 7:15-20
Mt. 8:11-13 after Centurian's servant healed