Matthew 23 : 1 (ESV)
Then Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples,
Matthew 23 : 2 (ESV)
"The scribes and the Pharisees sit on Moses' seat,
Matthew 23 : 3 (ESV)
so practice and observe whatever they tell you- but not what they do. For they preach, but do not practice.
Matthew 23 : 4 (ESV)
They tie up heavy burdens, hard to bear, and lay them on people's shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to move them with their finger.
Matthew 23 : 5 (ESV)
They do all their deeds to be seen by others. For they make their phylacteries broad and their fringes long,
Matthew 23 : 6 (ESV)
and they love the place of honor at feasts and the best seats in the synagogues
Matthew 23 : 7 (ESV)
and greetings in the marketplaces and being called rabbi by others.
Matthew 23 : 8 (ESV)
But you are not to be called rabbi, for you have one teacher, and you are all brothers.
Matthew 23 : 9 (ESV)
And call no man your father on earth, for you have one Father, who is in heaven.
Matthew 23 : 10 (ESV)
Neither be called instructors, for you have one instructor, the Christ.
Matthew 23 : 11 (ESV)
The greatest among you shall be your servant.
Matthew 23 : 12 (ESV)
Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.
Matthew 23 : 13 (ESV)
"But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you shut the kingdom of heaven in people's faces. For you neither enter yourselves nor allow those who would enter to go in.
Matthew 23 : 15 (ESV)
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you travel across sea and land to make a single proselyte, and when he becomes a proselyte, you make him twice as much a child of hell as yourselves.
Matthew 23 : 16 (ESV)
"Woe to you, blind guides, who say, 'If anyone swears by the temple, it is nothing, but if anyone swears by the gold of the temple, he is bound by his oath.'
Matthew 23 : 17 (ESV)
You blind fools! For which is greater, the gold or the temple that has made the gold sacred?
Matthew 23 : 18 (ESV)
And you say, 'If anyone swears by the altar, it is nothing, but if anyone swears by the gift that is on the altar, he is bound by his oath.'
Matthew 23 : 19 (ESV)
You blind men! For which is greater, the gift or the altar that makes the gift sacred?
Matthew 23 : 20 (ESV)
So whoever swears by the altar swears by it and by everything on it.
Matthew 23 : 21 (ESV)
And whoever swears by the temple swears by it and by him who dwells in it.
Matthew 23 : 22 (ESV)
And whoever swears by heaven swears by the throne of God and by him who sits upon it.
Matthew 23 : 23 (ESV)
"Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint and dill and cumin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law: justice and mercy and faithfulness. These you ought to have done, without neglecting the others.
Matthew 23 : 24 (ESV)
You blind guides, straining out a gnat and swallowing a camel!
Matthew 23 : 25 (ESV)
"Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you clean the outside of the cup and the plate, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence.
Matthew 23 : 26 (ESV)
You blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and the plate, that the outside also may be clean.
Matthew 23 : 27 (ESV)
"Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs, which outwardly appear beautiful, but within are full of dead people's bones and all uncleanness.
Matthew 23 : 28 (ESV)
So you also outwardly appear righteous to others, but within you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.
Matthew 23 : 29 (ESV)
"Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you build the tombs of the prophets and decorate the monuments of the righteous,
Matthew 23 : 30 (ESV)
saying, 'If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we would not have taken part with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.'
Matthew 23 : 31 (ESV)
Thus you witness against yourselves that you are sons of those who murdered the prophets.
Matthew 23 : 32 (ESV)
Fill up, then, the measure of your fathers.
Matthew 23 : 33 (ESV)
You serpents, you brood of vipers, how are you to escape being sentenced to hell?
Matthew 23 : 34 (ESV)
Therefore I send you prophets and wise men and scribes, some of whom you will kill and crucify, and some you will flog in your synagogues and persecute from town to town,
Matthew 23 : 35 (ESV)
so that on you may come all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of innocent Abel to the blood of Zechariah the son of Barachiah, whom you murdered between the sanctuary and the altar.
Matthew 23 : 36 (ESV)
Truly, I say to you, all these things will come upon this generation.
Matthew 23 : 37 (ESV)
"O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it! How often would I have gathered your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you would not!
Matthew 23 : 38 (ESV)
See, your house is left to you desolate.
Matthew 23 : 39 (ESV)
For I tell you, you will not see me again, until you say, 'Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.'"
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