'Woo to you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you give tithe of the mint, and the dill, and the cumin, and did neglect the weightier things of the Law -- the judgment, and the kindness, and the faith; these it behoved you to do, and those not to neglect.
Matthew 2:4
and having gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he was inquiring from them where the Christ is born.
Matthew 2:18
'A voice in Ramah was heard -- lamentation and weeping and much mourning -- Rachel weeping for her children, and she would not be comforted because they are not.'
Matthew 3:7
And having seen many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming about his baptism, he said to them, 'Brood of vipers! Who did show you to flee from the coming wrath?
Matthew 4:9
and said to him, 'All these to you I will give, if falling down you may bow to me.'
Matthew 5:3
'Blessed the poor in spirit -- because theirs is the reign of the heavens.