14. The Pharisees, who were lovers of money, also heard all these things, and they scoffed at him.
15. He said to them, “You are those who justify yourselves in the sight of men, but God knows your hearts. For that which is exalted amongst men is an abomination in the sight of God.
16. The Torah and the Prophets were until Yochanan. From that time the Good News of God’s Kingdom is preached, and everyone is forcing his way into it.
17. But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away, than for one tiny stroke of a pen in the Torah to become void.