Matthew:23

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* Then Jesus spoke to the crowd and to His disciples , * saying , The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses ' seat . * Therefore whatever they tell you to observe , observe and do . But do not do according to their works ; for they say , and do not do . * For they bind heavy and hard-to-carry burdens and lay [them ] on men 's shoulders . But they will not move them with one of their finger . * But they do all their works in order to be seen of men . They make their phylacteries broad and enlarge the borders of their garments . * And they love the first couch at feasts , and the chief seats in the synagogues , * and greetings in the market-places , and to be called , Rabbi ! Rabbi ! by men . * But you must not be called Rabbi , for One is your teacher , Christ , and you are all brothers . * And call no one your father on the earth , for One is your Father in Heaven . * Nor be called teachers , for One is your Teacher , even Christ . * But he who is greatest among you shall be your servant . * And whoever shall exalt himself shall be abased , and he who shall humble himself shall be exalted . * But woe to you , scribes and Pharisees , hypocrites ! For you shut up the kingdom of Heaven against men . For you neither go in , nor do you allow those entering to go in . * Woe to you , scribes and Pharisees , hypocrites ! For you devour widows ' houses , and pray at length as a pretense . Therefore you shall receive the greater condemnation . * Woe to you , scribes and Pharisees , hypocrites ! For you compass sea and the dry [land ] to make one proselyte , and when he is made , you make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves . * Woe to you , blind guides , saying , Whoever shall swear by the temple , it is nothing ; but whoever shall swear by the gold of the temple , he is a debtor . * Fools and blind ! For which is greater , the gold , or the temple that sanctifies the gold ? * And , Whoever shall swear by the altar , it is nothing ; but whoever swears by the gift that is on it , [he is ] a debtor ! * Fools and blind ! For which [is ] greater , the gift , or the altar that sanctifies the gift ? * Therefore whoever shall swear by the altar swears by it , and by all things on it . * And whoever shall swear by the temple , swears by it and by Him who dwells in it . * And he who shall swear by Heaven swears by the throne of God , and by Him who sits on it . * Woe to you , scribes and Pharisees , hypocrites ! For you pay tithes of mint and dill and cummin , and you have left undone the weightier [matters ] of the Law , judgment , mercy , and faith . You ought to have done these and not to leave the other undone . * Blind guides who strain out a gnat and swallow a camel ! * Woe to you , scribes and Pharisees , hypocrites ! For you cleanse the outside of the cup and of the dish , but inside they are full of extortion and excess . * Blind Pharisee ! First cleanse the inside of the cup and of the dish , so that the outside of them may be clean also . * Woe to you , scribes and Pharisees , hypocrites ! For you are like whitewashed tombs , which indeed appear beautiful outside , but inside they are full of dead [men 's ] bones , and of all uncleanness . * Even so you also appear righteous to men outwardly , but inside you are full of hypocrisy and iniquity . * Woe to you , scribes and Pharisees , hypocrites ! Because you build the tombs of the prophets , and decorate the tombs 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 you are witnesses to yourselves , that you are the sons of those who killed the prophets ; * and you fill up the measure of your fathers . * Serpents ! Offspring of vipers ! How can you escape the condemnation of hell ? * Therefore , behold , I send prophets and wise men and scribes to you . And you will kill and crucify [some ] of them . And some of them you will scourge in your synagogues and persecute from city to city ; * so that on you may come all [the ] righteous blood shed on the earth , from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah the son of Berachiah , whom you killed between the temple and the altar . * Truly I say to you , All these things shall come on this generation . * O Jerusalem , Jerusalem , the [one ] killing the prophets and stoning those who are sent to her , how often would I have gathered your children together , even as a hen gathers her chicks under [her ] wings , and you would not ! * Behold , your house is left to you desolate . * For I say to you , You shall not see Me from now on until you say , Blessed [is ] He who comes in [the ] name of the Lord .

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