Jesus rightly condemned their willful ignorance, saying: “Woe to you who are versed in the Law, because you took away the key of knowledge; you yourselves did not go in [to the Kingdom], and those going in you hindered! ” ​ — Luke 11: 37 - 52.
Turklāt daudzi no reliģiskajiem vadītājiem noteikti bija ņēmuši ļaunā to, ka Jēzus bija atmaskojis viņu liekulību.