Matthew:23:1-39

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ylt @Matthew:23:1 @Then Jesus spake to the multitudes , and to his disciples , ylt @Matthew:23:2 @saying , 'On the seat of Moses sat down the scribes and the Pharisees ; ylt @Matthew:23:3 @all , then , as much as they may say to you to observe , observe and do , but according to their works do not , for they say , and do not ; ylt @Matthew:23:4 @for they bind together burdens heavy and grievous to be borne , and lay upon the shoulders of men , but with their finger they will not move them . ylt @Matthew:23:5 @'And all their works they do to be seen by men , and they make broad their phylacteries , and enlarge the fringes of their garments , ylt @Matthew:23:6 @they love also the chief couches in the supper , and the chief seats in the synagogues , ylt @Matthew:23:7 @and the salutations in the market-places , and to be called by men , Rabbi , Rabbi . ylt @Matthew:23:8 @'And ye -- ye may not be called Rabbi , for one is your director -- the Christ , and all ye are brethren ; ylt @Matthew:23:9 @and ye may not call [any ] your father on the earth , for one is your Father , who is in the heavens , ylt @Matthew:23:10 @nor may ye be called directors , for one is your director -- the Christ . ylt @Matthew:23:11 @And the greater of you shall be your ministrant , ylt @Matthew:23:12 @and whoever shall exalt himself shall be humbled , and whoever shall humble himself shall be exalted . ylt @Matthew:23:13 @'Wo to you , Scribes and Pharisees , hypocrites ! because ye shut up the reign of the heavens before men , for ye do not go in , nor those going in do ye suffer to enter . ylt @Matthew:23:14 @'Wo to you , Scribes and Pharisees , hypocrites ! because ye eat up the houses of the widows , and for a pretence make long prayers , because of this ye shall receive more abundant judgment . ylt @Matthew:23:15 @'Wo to you , Scribes and Pharisees , hypocrites ! because ye go round the sea and the dry land to make one proselyte , and whenever it may happen -- ye make him a son of gehenna twofold more than yourselves . ylt @Matthew:23:16 @'Wo to you , blind guides , who are saying , Whoever may swear by the sanctuary , it is nothing , but whoever may swear by the gold of the sanctuary -- is debtor ! ylt @Matthew:23:17 @Fools and blind ! for which [is ] greater , the gold , or the sanctuary that is sanctifying the gold ? ylt @Matthew:23:18 @'And , whoever may swear by the altar , it is nothing ; but whoever may swear by the gift that is upon it -- is debtor ! ylt @Matthew:23:19 @Fools and blind ! for which [is ] greater , the gift , or the altar that is sanctifying the gift ? ylt @Matthew:23:20 @'He therefore who did swear by the altar , doth swear by it , and by all things on it ; ylt @Matthew:23:21 @and he who did swear by the sanctuary , doth swear by it , and by Him who is dwelling in it ; ylt @Matthew:23:22 @and he who did swear by the heaven , doth swear by the throne of God , and by Him who is sitting upon it . ylt @Matthew:23:23 @'Wo to you , Scribes and Pharisees , hypocrites ! because ye give tithe of the mint , and the dill , and the cumin , and did neglect the weightier things of the Law -- the judgment , and the kindness , and the faith ; these it behoved [you ] to do , and those not to neglect . ylt @Matthew:23:24 @'Blind guides ! who are straining out the gnat , and the camel are swallowing . ylt @Matthew:23:25 @'Wo to you , Scribes and Pharisees , hypocrites ! because ye make clean the outside of the cup and the plate , and within they are full of rapine and incontinence . ylt @Matthew:23:26 @'Blind Pharisee ! cleanse first the inside of the cup and the plate , that the outside of them also may become clean . ylt @Matthew:23:27 @'Wo to you , Scribes and Pharisees , hypocrites ! because ye are like to whitewashed sepulchres , which outwardly indeed do appear beautiful , and within are full of bones of dead men , and of all uncleanness ; ylt @Matthew:23:28 @so also ye outwardly indeed do appear to men righteous , and within ye are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness . ylt @Matthew:23:29 @'Wo to you , Scribes and Pharisees , hypocrites ! because ye build the sepulchres of the prophets , and adorn the tombs of the righteous , ylt @Matthew:23:30 @and say , If we had been in the days of our fathers , we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets . ylt @Matthew:23:31 @So that ye testify to yourselves , that ye are sons of them who did murder the prophets ; ylt @Matthew:23:32 @and ye -- ye fill up the measure of your fathers . ylt @Matthew:23:33 @'Serpents ! brood of vipers ! how may ye escape from the judgment of the gehenna ? ylt @Matthew:23:34 @'Because of this , lo , I send to you prophets , and wise men , and scribes , and of them ye will kill and crucify , and of them ye will scourge in your synagogues , and will pursue from city to city ; ylt @Matthew:23:35 @that on you may come all the righteous blood being poured out on the earth from the blood of Abel the righteous , unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias , whom ye slew between the sanctuary and the altar : ylt @Matthew:23:36 @verily I say to you , all these things shall come upon this generation . ylt @Matthew:23:37 @'Jerusalem , Jerusalem , that art killing the prophets , and stoning those sent unto thee , how often did I will to gather thy children together , as a hen doth gather her own chickens under the wings , and ye did not will . ylt @Matthew:23:38 @Lo , left desolate to you is your house ; ylt @Matthew:23:39 @for I say to you , ye may not see me henceforth , till ye may say , Blessed [is ] he who is coming in the name of the Lord .'

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