Matthew:23

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* Then Jesus spoke to the multitude and to his disciples , * saying , The scribes and the Pharisees have sat down in Moses ' seat ; * therefore , whatever they bid you to observe , observe it and do it , but do not act according to their works , for they say and do not [do it ]. * For they bind burdens that are heavy and grievous to bear and lay [them ] on men 's shoulders , but they [themselves ] will not move them with one of their fingers . * But they do all their works that they may be seen of men : they make broad their phylacteries and enlarge the borders of their garments * and love the first place at feasts and the chief seats in the synagogues * and greetings in the markets and to be called of men , Rabbi , Rabbi . * But , [as for ] you , desire not to be called Rabbi , for one is your Master , the Christ ; and you are all brothers . * And call no one your father upon the earth , for one is your Father , who is in the heavens . * Neither be ye called masters , for one is your Master , the Christ . * But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant . * And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be humbled , and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted . * But woe unto you , scribes and Pharisees , hypocrites ! for ye shut up the kingdom of the heavens in front of men , for ye neither go in [yourselves ], neither suffer ye those that are entering to go in . * Woe unto you , scribes and Pharisees , hypocrites ! for ye devour widows ' houses and for a pretence make long prayer ; therefore , ye shall receive the greater judgment . * Woe unto you , scribes and Pharisees , hypocrites ! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte , and when he is made , ye make him twofold more a son of hell than yourselves . * Woe unto you , [ye ] blind guides , who say , Whosoever shall swear by the temple , it is nothing ; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple , he is a debtor ! * [Ye ] fools and blind , for which is greater , the gold or the temple that sanctifies the gold ? * And , Whosoever shall swear by the altar , it is nothing ; but whosoever swears by the gift that is upon it , he is a debtor . * [Ye ] fools and blind , for which one [is ] greater , the gift or the altar that sanctifies the gift ? * Whosoever therefore shall swear by the altar , swears by it and by all things thereon . * And whosoever shall swear by the temple , swears by it and by Him that dwells therein . * And he that shall swear by the heaven , swears by the throne of God and by Him that sits thereon . * Woe unto you , scribes and Pharisees , hypocrites ! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin and have omitted that which is more important of the law : judgment , mercy , and faith ; these were expedient for ye to have done , and not to leave the other [undone ]. * [Ye ] blind guides , who strain at a gnat and swallow a camel . * Woe unto you , scribes and Pharisees , hypocrites ! for ye make clean the outside of the cup or of the platter , but within they are full of extortion and incontinence . * [Thou ] blind Pharisee , cleanse first that [which is ] within the cup and platter that the outside of them may be clean also . * Woe unto you , scribes and Pharisees , hypocrites ! for ye are like unto whitewashed sepulchres , who indeed appear beautiful outside , but inside are full of dead [men 's ] bones and of all uncleanness . * Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men , but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity . * Woe unto you , scribes and Pharisees , hypocrites ! because ye build the tombs of the prophets and adorn the sepulchres of the righteous * 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 . * Therefore ye are witnesses unto yourselves that ye are the sons of those who murdered the prophets . * Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers . * [Ye ] serpents , [ye ] generation of vipers , how can ye escape the judgment of hell ? * Therefore , behold , I send unto you prophets and wise men and scribes , and [some ] of them ye shall kill and crucify , and [some ] of them ye shall scourge in your synagogues and persecute [them ] from city to city , * that upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias , whom ye murdered between the temple and the altar . * Verily I say unto you , All these things shall come upon this generation . * O Jerusalem , Jerusalem , [thou ] that didst kill the prophets and stone those who are sent unto thee , how often I desired to gather thy children together , even as a hen gathers her chickens under [her ] wings , and ye would not ! * Behold , your house is left unto you desolate . * For I say unto you , Ye shall not see me from now on until ye shall say , Blessed [is ] he that comes in the name of the Lord .:

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