- "The Pharisees' holiness made much of rules - Jesus' holiness made much of God
- The Pharisees' holiness made much of themselves- Jesus' holiness made much of others
- The Pharisees' holiness made much of externals, like washing hands- Jesus' holiness made much of internals, like washing the heart
- The Pharisees' holiness kept company with the scrupulously clean - Jesus' holiness kept company with the notoriously wicked...
- The Pharisees' holiness focused on form - Jesus' holiness focused on substance...
- The Pharisees' holiness led them to be murderers - Jesus' holiness led him to martyrdom"
Simon Ponsonby, The Pursuit of the Holy