Even before the adult Jesus shows up, Matthew introduces us to a group that throughout his Gospel will be opposed to Jesus. The Pharisees were a Jewish group active in Palestine 200 years before Christ to 100 years after him. They put the observance of religious laws and rules over all other moral obligations. They were like serious religious people who have gotten their priorities confused. As we meet them throughout Matthew's Gospel this year, instead of condemning their way of being religious, we might make sure that we don't mirror the Pharisees.
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