The Pharisees taught the law but didn't follow it, loved the appearance of purity but didn't live it. Enjoyed their status, but lacked humility. They forced God's people to focus on the minutiae of the law, but lacked the justice, grace and love of God. They were headed for hell.
Jesus laments over Jerusalem, and prophesies its destruction. To protect his people from a similar fate, he offers us eternal life in his son Jesus. So we must reject the way of the Pharisees, and humbly abide in him!
