Pharisee – Am I One?

“Pharisee” is the largest of the three or four Jewish sects: noted for their self-conceit and long prayers; paid unnecessary tithes, fasted often, made broad phylacteries (a pocket-like booklet of Scripture verses tied to the person’s forehead, generally); held to traditions, etc.

Describe briefly the characteristics of a Pharisee in the following verses (attitudes, motives, words, or actions). Then ask yourself if any of these are true of you.

Matt. 3:7-10

Matt. 5:20

Matt. 9:10-13

Matt. 9:32-34

Matt. 12:1-8 (see Num. 28:9, 10, 18, 19; Lk. 13:15; Jn. 7:23)

Matt. 12:38-40

Matt. 15:1-3, 7-14

Matt. 16:5-12

Matt. 21:33-46

Matt. 22:15-22

Matt. 23:1-7

Matt. 23:13-39

Matt. 27:62-66

Lk. 7:36-50

Lk. 11:53, 54

Lk. 18:9-14

Lk. 19:36-40

Jn. 11:43-53, 57

Jn. 12:42, 43