I think the story about jesus' life is so ironic because it basically reflects

certain people who take things very literally or they don't read for themselves. Or they get some kind of gratification from judging others.

The Pharisees didn't like Jesus NOT because Jesus was healing on the sabbath they didn't like Jesus because he told them that what they were doing was EVIL and against God. They were vain, and greedy among other things. And that is not what they wanted to hear.

They always hung around trying to get Jesus to slip up and say the wrong thing so they could hang him. And eventually, they got what they wanted and crucified Jesus in the end. WELL ultimately to their demise of course.

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I think the main problem with the Pharisees was pride.. They could not handle someone who they looked upon as being a religous loose cannon publicly pointing out their faults..

The proud no matter from those times or today cannot tolerate being corrected.. Image and the protection of their social status / public image is of the highest priority to the proud... The meek on the other hand do find correction uncomfortable, but they submit to it if it is valid / true..

Yes the pharisees where always looking to trap Jesus to manipulate Him into saying something wrong so as to undermine His authority and by doing so make themselves out to be more credible.. They wanted revenge on Jesus He exposed their corruption and faults to the populace..

And it seemed to them that they did get their revenge when they manipulated the Roman Authorities into executing Jesus.. They did not know that God had used their hatred to serve His greater purpose in obtaining Atonement for the sins of all who would believe and trust Jesus..