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To: DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis
...(although he did address a few areas about how they nullified the Law through traditions of men)...

He told some particular Pharisee leaders and others that their father was not God but rather was the Devil.

He asked them how would they ever escape the condemnation of hell (gehenna).

I would propose that He came to do much more than make minor corrections to the religion of the Jewish leaders who denied He was Who He said He was and made sure that He was killed.
19 posted on 08/03/2014 9:48:06 AM PDT by Resettozero
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To: Resettozero
Of course he accused some of them of not following God. Why? Because some of them were serving only themselves. As he says in Matthew 23: 1-3

"Then Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples: 2 “The teachers of the law and the Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat. 3 So you must be careful to do everything they tell you. But do not do what they do, for they do not practice what they preach."

Read the rest of the chapter. Not once does he say anything against the Law of God. He attacks them instead for their pride, their hypocrisy and for placing heavy burdens upon the people through the numerous traditions of the elders. It is not God's law that is burdensome (see Deut 30:11-14, 1 John 5:3), but rather the vast network of man-made traditions which Yeshua/Jesus considered burdensome.

And of course the leaders hated him for this. He revealed their pride and hypocrisy to the people.

20 posted on 08/03/2014 10:09:12 AM PDT by DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis
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