For what did Christ reprove the Pharisees and Sadducees?

Answer

"0 you hypocrites, you can discern the face of the sky; but can you not discern the signs of the times?"
Matt. 16: 3.

Who is the Comforter, and what was He to do?
How was Joseph regarded by his father?
How did Christ estimate the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees?
By what other terms are these covenants designated?
In what was shown the first tangible evidence of this \"falling away\" from the truth of God?
When we see all these things, what are we to know?
Why are its gates not to be closed?

Questions & Answers are from the book Bible Readings for the Home Circle