Pleaese note this is part two of a two-part series. Part one is available here. Further, the Pharisees struggled with greed, and they sometimes used their traditions and religious law to seize property from orphans and widows in order to enrich themselves. They oppressed those that they were entrusted to

Then spake Jesus to the multitude, and to his disciples, Saying, The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat: All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe and do; but do not ye after their works: for they say, and do not. For they bind heavy burdens and