1) Matthew 3:7, John the Baptist
called the Sadducees “a brood of
vipers.”
Note their spiritual racism in 3:9.
2) Matthew 16:6, Jesus warned
of “the laven of the Pharisees and
Sadducees.”
“Laven” = “the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees”
according
to 16:12b.
3) Mark 12:18; says that the
Sadducees say: “there is no resurrection.”
In Mark
12:24, Jesus said to them: “Is this not the reason you are
mistaken,
that you do not understand the Scriptures or the power of
God?”
He also said to them in Mark 12:27: “He is not the God of the
dead, but
of the living; you are greatly mistaken.” Compare Acts
23:6-8.
Conclusions:
The Sadducees were in control of the Temple and the
High
Priesthood (See Acts 4:1 and 5:17), but were spiritually “greatly
mistaken.”
So are any who ‘do not understand the Scriptures or the
power
of God.’