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When Jesus was on earth, He was generally kind and loving toward people. But there were some people who were not recipients of his kindness, but of his
anger. These people pretended to be religious, but they were very unloving and unmerciful to other people. He spoke harsh words to the Jewish religious
leaders known as the Pharisees (. These men were very careful to tithe, or
give one-tenth of all their income as an offering to God, but sometimes they
would call attention to themselves so that people could watch them put their
money in the collection . They were very proud of the fact that they were
observing the law of Moses, but they were uncaring and even cruel to their
neighbors and even their families. Jesus compared them to tombs that had been
painted with whitewash and looked very beautiful on the outside, but in
reality they were like graves full of dead men's bones, not beautiful at all.
These men would even kill the prophets that God had sent, if they didn't want
to hear the message they brought. When John the Baptist came preaching and
telling them to repent, they did not listen to him and they refused to be
baptized. They were very proud of themselves and wore long robes with broad borders, or fringes on them to show their importance. They wanted to get the
best seats in the synagogues, the places of worship. They loved for people to
call them "Rabbi", or teacher, and they would pray long prayers out in public
just for people to see them. The Sadducees were Jewish religious leaders who were from the wealthy families. This group did not believe that people would
be resurrected, or raised from the dead. They also did not believe that angels
existed.
