Thou reproachest us also (kai hmav ubrizeiv). Because the lawyers (scribes) were usually Pharisees. The verb ubrizw is an old one and common for outrageous treatment, a positive insult (so Luke 18:32; Matthew 22:6; Acts 14:5; I Thessalonians 2:2). So Jesus proceeds to give the lawyers three woes as he had done to the Pharisees.
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