2000 years ago a philosopher by the name of Epictetus said, "Men are disturbed not by things that happen but by their opinion of the things that happen." This is the problem of the Pharisees. Their understanding of events tell more about who they are than it does about who Jesus is.

And this is our problem as well. A person who loves will live in a loving world. But a person who is hostile will live in a world that is hostile. A person who is sincere will see most everyone else's actions as sincere while the person who is a hypocrite will see hypocrisy even in the most sincere of people.