Originally Posted by Backwoods Presbyterian

It is always interesting to notice how Jesus treats the Pharisees against how he treats the Sadducees. He has no time for the Sadducees, yet he always speaks to the Pharisees with a hope, an evangelical tone if you will that shows to me at least that Jesus saw a chance for conversion and a "change of heart" for the Pharisees. However he seems to just dismiss the Sadducees in a manner that supposes that Jesus knew the Sadducees were fully turned over to Satan.