"the temple controlling hebrew Jews were PHARISEES."
And Jesus held their righteousness up as a high standard that must be exceeded if one is to enter the Kingdom, so not all of His opinions of Pharisees were negative, in fact, two of His bravest followers, when His disciples were cowering in fear, were Pharisees.
fact: the pharisees twsited scripture. check out Matthew where the pharisees are rallying behind divorce and Christ is challanging them.
and these are the folks you go to for scripture? a bunch of Jews who denied then and now that Christ was the messiah and who perverted scriptures?
nuff said.