The scribes and Pharisees were confounded; their purposes in regard to Jesus were defeated. They had listened to his teachings in order to catch him in his words, and turn the minds of the people from him to themselves. They knew that since the ministry of Jesus had commenced, their own influence over the people had greatly decreased. The sympathetic hearts of the multitude accepted lessons of love and kindly benevolence in preference to the cold forms and rigid ceremonies exacted by the priests. {2SP 175.2}

Farisæerne og de skriftkloge var bestyrtede; deres onde planer mod Jesus fik ingen fremgang. De havde lyttet til hans lærdom for at fange ham i ord og vende folkets sind bort fra ham til sig selv. De vidste, at efter at Jesu gerning var begyndt, havde deres egen indflydelse over folket aftaget meget. Folket foretrak at tage imod Jesu kærlige og sagtmodige undervisning i stedet for præsternes kolde former og stive ceremonier.