² “The scribes and the Pharisees are seated in the chair of Moses.^(A)

⁵³ When he left there,^[a] the scribes and the Pharisees began to oppose^(A) him fiercely and to cross-examine him about many things;

³ Then the scribes and the Pharisees^(A) brought a woman caught in adultery,^(B) making her stand in the center.