The Pharisees' love of money and self-justification led them to ridicule Jesus, but He revealed that the love of money is the root of all evil and that the kingdom of God is not a casual affair. Jesus taught that the law and prophets were until John, and since then, the kingdom of God has been preached, and everyone is pressing into it. The Pharisees' teachings on marriage and divorce undermined the sacred institution, and their antinomian views led them to reject the law of God.
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