Why would Jesus call Jews "hypocrites"?
The short answer
Jesus, himself a Jew, was not calling all Jews hypocrites. Every group, Catholics included, has hypocrites. He used the word of the particular people he was dealing with, not of all Jews then or ever.
Jesus was a Jew and was certainly not calling all Jews hypocrites. Hypocrites are found in every group, Catholics included.
When he uses words like "hypocrites" in the Gospels, he addresses the particular people he was dealing with at the time, not all Jews of his day or of every age.
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