They don't hold the law sacred.
They hold their backdoor dealings sacred.
Everything they do is for the love of money.
Matthew 23;13-22
How Terrible for the Teachers of the Law and the Pharisees
13-14 “How terrible it will be for you, teachers of the law and Pharisees! You pretenders! You shut the door of the kingdom of heaven in people’s faces. You yourselves do not enter. And you will not let those enter who are trying to.
15 “How terrible for you, teachers of the law and Pharisees! You pretenders! You travel everywhere to win one person to your faith. Then you make them twice as much a child of hell as you are.
16 “How terrible for you, blind guides! You say, ‘If anyone makes a promise in the name of the temple, it means nothing. But anyone who makes a promise in the name of the gold of the temple must keep that promise.’
17 You are blind and foolish! Which is more important? Is it the gold? Or is it the temple that makes the gold holy?
18 You also say, ‘If anyone makes a promise in the name of the altar, it means nothing. But anyone who makes a promise in the name of the gift on the altar must keep that promise.’
19 You are blind! Which is more important? Is it the gift? Or is it the altar that makes the gift holy?
20 So anyone making a promise in the name of the altar makes a promise in the name of it and everything on it.
21 And anyone making a promise in the name of the temple makes a promise in the name of it and the one who lives in it.
22 And anyone making a promise in the name of heaven makes a promise in the name of God’s throne and the one who sits on it.