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The Pharisees were a group of Jews, mentioned in the New Testament of the Bible, who believed in strictly obeying the laws of Judaism. 法利赛人; 犹太人中的一部分，在《圣经》的《新约》中，他们是严守犹太教律法的人
For I say to you, that unless your righteousness exceeds the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, you will by no means enter the kingdom of heaven.
The accomplishments of the Tea Party is the only shining light in the conservative movement and the GOP took complete advantage of our work as well as the sweat of our backs, and yet, the blind Pharisees refused our wise counsel.
Ms Hirsi Ali is surely oversimplifying when she says that Islam's problems are almost entirely self-inflicted, with the implication that all the West need do is repeat the Pharisees' prayer (thank heavens we are not like those people) and go on fighting the good ideological fight.