Verse 44
The Pharisees scrupulously avoided touching graves to avoid ritual defilement. However they themselves defiled other people who contacted them as hidden graves defiled those who unknowingly walked over them (cf. Numbers 19:16). While trying to remain ritually pure themselves, they were defiling many other people who were unaware of the Pharisees’ evil influence on them. Their sins contaminated the whole nation.
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