pharisee

• In other words, the person cutting this man's hair is equivalent to a pharisee, who go according to the letter of the law, and not the spirit of the law. —  Pulpit Pimps
• St. John Chrysostom refers here to the Parable of the Publican and Pharisee (Luke 18: 9-14), in which the pharisee attempts to justify himself before God by comparing himself favorably to the publican, while the publican prays humbly in the words that give us the —  About.com Catholicism
• Caleb sat still in her lap, with a serious and attentive expression of countenance Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a pharisee, the other a publican What is a pharisee and a publican?" —  Caleb in the Country
• He was not, however, a hypocrite or a pharisee, but was simply indifferent to religious dogmas, and secretly averse to the society of priests. —  Beacon Lights of History, Volume 09 European Statesmen
• Two men went up into the temple to pray: the one a pharisee, and the other a publican. —  The first New Testament printed in English

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