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====Reasons for Pharisaic Hatred of Christ====
====Reasons for Pharisaic Hatred of Christ====
The opposition of the Pharisees to Jesus was intensified by another reason. They were the "[[Democratic Party]]" of their day; their whole power lay in the reputation they had with the people for piety. The Lord denounced them as hypocrites; in one of the most powerful denuciations of a religious sect, Jesus rails against them in ''Matthew'' 23, accusing them of deliberately keeping people from the Kingdom of Heaven and a relationship with God:
The opposition of the Pharisees to Jesus was intensified by another reason. They were the "[[Democratic Party]]" of their day; their whole power lay in the reputation they had with the people for piety. The Lord denounced them as hypocrites; in one of the most powerful denuciations of a religious sect, Jesus rails against them in ''Matthew'' 23, accusing them of deliberately keeping people from the Kingdom of Heaven and a relationship with God:
:''"But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in."''
:''"But woe unto you, [[Scribes (Bible)|scribes]] and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in."''
:''"Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation."''
:''"Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation."''
:''"Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves."'' (''Matthew'' 23:13-15, King James Version)
:''"Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves."'' (''Matthew'' 23:13-15, King James Version)