Yes all we need to do is read Matthew 23 and Jesus expressing love in this passages .
Context of Matt 23-
Mat 23:1
Jesus Denounces the Scribes and the Pharisees
(Mark 12:38-40; Luke 20:45-47)
¶ Then Jesus told the crowds and his disciples,
Mat 23:2 “The scribes and the Pharisees administer the authority of Moses, [Lit. Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat]
Mat 23:3 So do whatever they tell you and follow it, but stop doing what they do, because they don’t do what they say.
Mat 23:4 They tie up burdens that are heavy and unbearable and lay them on people’s shoulders, but they refuse to lift a finger to remove them.
Mat 23:5 ¶ “They do everything to be seen by people. They increase the size of their phylacteries [I.e. leather cases containing Scripture texts] and lengthen the tassels of their garments.
Mat 23:6 They love to have the places of honor at festivals, the best seats in the synagogues,
Mat 23:7 to be greeted in the marketplaces, and to be called ‘Rabbi’ [Rabbi is Heb. for Master and/or Teacher.] by people.
Mat 23:8 ¶ “But you are not to be called ‘Rabbi,’ [Rabbi is Heb. for Master and/or Teacher] because you have only one teacher, and all of you are brothers.
Mat 23:9 And don’t call anyone on earth ‘Father,’ because you have only one Father, the one in heaven.
Mat 23:10 Nor are you to be called ‘Teachers,’ because you have only one teacher, the Messiah! [Or Christ]
Mat 23:11 The person who is greatest among you must be your servant.
Mat 23:12 Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.
Mat 23:13 ¶ “How terrible it will be for you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the door to the kingdom from [Lit. of] heaven in people’s faces. You don’t go in yourselves, and you don’t allow those who are trying to enter to go in.
Mat 23:14 ¶ “How terrible it will be for you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You devour widows’ houses and say long prayers to cover it up. Therefore, you will receive greater condemnation! [Other mss. omit vs. 14.]
Mat 23:15 ¶ “How terrible it will be for you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You travel over land and sea to make a single convert, and when this happens you make him twice as fit for [Lit. twice as much a son of] hell [Lit. Gehenna; a Gk. transliteration of the Heb. for Valley of Hinnom] as you are.
Mat 23:16 ¶ “How terrible it will be for you, blind guides! You say, ‘Whoever swears an oath by the sanctuary is excused, [Lit. is nothing] but whoever swears an oath by the gold of the sanctuary must keep his oath.’ [Lit. owes a debt]
Mat 23:17 You blind fools! What is more important, the gold or the sanctuary that made the gold holy?
Mat 23:18 Again you say, [Lit. And] ‘Whoever swears an oath by the altar is excused, [Lit. is nothing] but whoever swears by the gift that is on it must keep his oath.’ [Lit. owes a debt]
Mat 23:19 You blind men! [Other mss. read blind and foolish men] Which is more important, the gift or the altar that makes the gift holy?
Mat 23:20 Therefore, the one who swears an oath by the altar swears by it and by everything on it.
Mat 23:21 The one who swears an oath by the sanctuary swears by it and by the one who lives there.
Mat 23:22 And the one who swears an oath by heaven swears by God’s throne and by the one who sits on it.
Mat 23:23 ¶ “How terrible it will be for you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You give a tenth of your mint, dill, and cummin, but have neglected the more important matters of the Law: justice, mercy, and faithfulness. [Or faith] These are the things you should have practiced, without neglecting the others.
Mat 23:24 You blind guides! You filter out a gnat, yet swallow a camel!
Mat 23:25 ¶ “How terrible it will be for you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and the plate, but on the inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence.
Mat 23:26 You blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup, [Other mss. read of the cup and the plate] so that its outside may also be clean.
Mat 23:27 ¶ “How terrible it will be for you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs that look beautiful on the outside but inside are full of dead people’s bones and every kind of impurity.
Mat 23:28 In the same way, on the outside you look righteous to people, but inside you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.
Mat 23:29 ¶ “How terrible it will be for you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You build tombs for the prophets and decorate the monuments of the righteous.
Mat 23:30 Then you say, ‘If we had been living in the days of our ancestors, we would have had no part with them in shedding [The Gk. lacks shedding] the blood of the prophets.’
Mat 23:31 Therefore, you testify against yourselves that you are descendants of those who murdered the prophets.
Mat 23:32 Then finish what your ancestors started! [Lit. Fill up the measure of your ancestors]
Mat 23:33 You snakes, you children of serpents! How can you escape being condemned to hell? [Lit. Gehenna; a Gk. transliteration of the Heb. for Valley of Hinnom]
Mat 23:34 ¶ “That is why I am sending you prophets, wise men, and scribes. Some of them you will kill and crucify, and some of them you will whip in your synagogues and persecute from town to town.
Mat 23:35 As a result, you will be held accountable for [Lit. on you will come] all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of the righteous Abel [Gen 4:8] to the blood of Zechariah, [2Chr 24:20-21] the son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the sanctuary and the altar.
Mat 23:36 I tell all of you [The Gk. pronoun you is pl.] with certainty, all these things will happen to those living today.” [Lit. to this generation]
We are in the last days.
