Jesus Always Hit Hard on the "Spiritual Leaders" of His Day

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I'm just amazed. Jesus never hit hard on the sinners or tax collectors. Instead, he ate with them. But with the biblical (oh yeah, they were so strictly biblical) Pharisees and scribes and teachers of the law, he was really mean, in a holy sense. And that's one of the things I love about my Jesus! Jesus was no less biblical. He was (and is) the Word itself. His life gave flesh to it. Yet, he seemed to be unbiblical to the top spiritual leaders of his time. They even thought he was the devil itself. If he were here today in the flesh, some church leaders, born again or otherwise, would probably call him a cult. Jesus hit hard against sin and wickedness, but it was the so called spiritual leaders of his day that reacted most, not the sinners. Some sinners also rejected him (they cried out "crucify him" in the end), but not a few hopeless sinners surrendered their lives to him. The church today believes it has the mandate to share the Gospel to the world. Umm, well, I think they better stop awhile and think things ten times. Jesus is talking about a single church, his body, which in John 17 should have "complete unity" just as the Father and Son are one. As long as denominations exist, I don't think they can represent Jesus to the world. They're still part of it. God is looking for a church, without spot or wrinkle, with complete unity as the Father and Son (and Holy Spirit) are completely one. If Jesus were here today in the flesh, he'd hit hard on denominations, no matter how biblical they are.