Unlike the just and merciful God they claimed to worship, the Pharisees labeled their fellow men sinners, condemning them as hopeless.
يَحْرِصُ ٱلشُّيُوخُ ٱلْيَوْمَ أَنْ يَتَمَثَّلُوا بِيَهْوَهَ ٱلَّذِي « يُحِبُّ ٱلْعَدْلَ » .‏