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• Scribe

  A scribe was originally a professional who wrote documents and kept records. After the Babylonian exile, the term came to refer to experts who copied and taught the Law. In the New Testament, scribes appear as a group that frequently disputes with Jesus.

• Masoretes

  The Masoretes were Jewish scholars, active roughly from the sixth to the tenth century, who copied and transmitted the Hebrew text of the Old Testament, adding vowel points, cantillation marks, and marginal notes that recorded how the text was to be read.

• Mark 3:28–30

  In this passage Jesus warns the scribes who had said he was possessed by a demon that "blasphemy against the Holy Ghost" will never be forgiven. What this "unforgivable sin" is, and whether a believer can commit it, are frequently debated questions of interpretation and common sources of spiritual anxiety.

• Matthew 23:4

  A verse in which Jesus criticizes the scribes and Pharisees for laying heavy burdens on others while refusing to lift a finger themselves. It is frequently cited as a warning against legalism and against inconsistency between the words and deeds of religious leaders.

• Mark 7

  Mark 7 records Jesus' dispute with the Pharisees and scribes over the tradition of the elders, his teaching that what defiles a person comes from the heart, and his healing of the Syrophoenician woman's daughter and of a deaf man with a speech impediment.

• Matthew 23:23

  In this saying, Jesus rebukes the scribes and Pharisees who tithed even small herbs such as mint, anise, and cummin while neglecting justice, mercy, and faith. The verse distinguishes between the weightier and lesser matters of the law and is frequently cited in Korean churches in discussions of tithing.

• Matthew 23

  Matthew 23 is the chapter in which Jesus rebukes the hypocrisy of the scribes and Pharisees with seven pronouncements of "Woe unto you" and laments over Jerusalem. It contains 39 verses.

• Luke 15

  Luke 15 is the chapter in which Jesus answers the complaint of the Pharisees and scribes that he eats with sinners by telling three parables: the lost sheep, the lost coin (drachma), and the lost son (the prodigal son).

• Moses' Seat

  Moses' seat is an expression Jesus used in Matthew 23:2 to describe the position of the scribes and Pharisees. It is generally read as referring to the authority to teach and interpret the Law of Moses.

• Matthew 5:20

  Matthew 5:20 is the verse in the Sermon on the Mount in which Jesus tells his disciples that unless their righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, they will not enter the kingdom of heaven. It is frequently cited in discussions of the relationship between law and grace and between justification and sanctification.

• Tradition of the Elders

  The "tradition of the elders" is a New Testament expression for the regulations, handed down from generation to generation outside the Law of Moses, that the Pharisees and scribes observed. It appears in the dispute over handwashing in Matthew 15 and Mark 7.

• Mark 2

  The second chapter of the Gospel of Mark, in which Jesus forgives and heals a paralytic in Capernaum, calls Levi the tax collector, and disputes with the scribes and Pharisees over fasting and the Sabbath.

• Luke 20

  Luke 20 records Jesus' debates with the religious leaders in the Jerusalem temple over the source of his authority, paying tribute to Caesar, the resurrection, and the relationship between the Christ and David. The chapter also contains the parable of the wicked husbandmen and a warning against the scribes.

• Mark 7:18–19

  In this passage Jesus explains to his disciples that food entering a person from outside cannot defile that person. Its closing clause, rendered in the Korean Revised Version as "declaring all foods clean," is frequently debated because translations and interpretations differ over whether it abolishes the Old Testament food laws.

• Luke 15:20

  In the Parable of the Prodigal Son, this verse describes the father seeing his returning younger son from a distance, running to him, embracing him, and kissing him. Because the father reaches his son before the son confesses his wrongdoing, the verse is widely cited as an illustration of God's grace and forgiveness.

• Mark 7:21–23

  In this passage, Jesus explains to his disciples that what defiles a person is not food entering from outside but evil coming from the heart, and he lists twelve evils. It is frequently cited in discussions of the origin of sin and of purity laws.

• John 8:7

  John 8:7 is the verse in which Jesus says to those about to stone a woman taken in adultery, "He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her." It is a classic text on mercy and forgiveness, but it raises a textual problem: the entire story is absent from the oldest manuscripts.

• Corban

  Corban is a Hebrew word meaning "an offering given to God." In the New Testament it appears in Mark 7:11, in a passage where Jesus criticizes the practice of using a vow to avoid supporting one's parents.

• John 8:11

  John 8:11 records Jesus' words to the woman brought to him after she was caught in adultery: "Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more." The verse is often cited because it joins forgiveness with a call to a new life. Discussion of the verse also addresses the fact that this passage is absent from the oldest manuscripts.

• The Woman Caught in Adultery

  The woman caught in adultery is an unnamed woman who appears in John 7:53–8:11. She is the central figure in the account in which Jesus told her accusers, "He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her."