Luke Chapter 16, Verse 14
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14: ηκουον δε ταυτα παντα και οι φαρισαιοι φιλαργυροι υπαρχοντες και εξεμυκτηριζον αυτον
14: And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these
things: and they derided him.
14: Now the Pharisees, who were covetous, heard all these things: and
they derided him.
They derided him. The fact that they were "covetous" is here stated
as the reason why they derided him, or, as it is literally, "they turned
up the nose at him." They contemned or despised the doctrine which he had
laid down, probably because it showed them that with their love of money
they could not be the true friends of God, or that their profession of
religion was really false and hollow. They were attempting to serve
God and mammon, and they therefore looked upon his doctrine with contempt
and scorn.
