By making long public prayers, employing extreme measures to ensure others noticed their fasts, and parading their gifts to the Temple and the poor, they revealed only an outward attachment to the Lord. While the Pharisees performed well their dramatic role as public examples of religious virtue, they failed miserably in the inner world of the heart where true virtue resides (Matthew 23:13-33; Mark 7:20-23).
Kwa kufanya sala ndefu kwa umma, kukunja uso ili kuhakikisha wengine wamewaona wakifunga, na kuonyeshana vipaji vyao Hekalu na kwa maskini, wao walionyesha wazi uhusiano wao wa nje kwa Bwana. Wakati Mafarisayo walitekeleza vizuri wajibu wao mkubwa kama mfano kwa umma wa fadhila ya kidini, walishindwa vibaya sana katika ulimwengu wa ndani wa moyo ambapo nguvu za kweli hukaa (Mathayo 23:13-33; Marko 7:20-23).