More Warnings about the Pharisees

16:14 The Pharisees44 (who loved money) heard all this and ridiculed45 him. 16:15 But46 Jesus47 said to them, “You are the ones who justify yourselves in men’s eyes,48 but God knows your hearts. For what is highly prized49 among men is utterly detestable50 in God’s sight.

16:16 “The law and the prophets were in force51 until John;52 since then,53 the good news of the kingdom of God54 has been proclaimed, and everyone is urged to enter it.55 16:17 But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for one tiny stroke of a letter56 in the law to become void.57

16:18 “Everyone who divorces his wife and marries58 someone else commits adultery, and the one who marries a woman divorced from her husband commits adultery.