emtv - Matthew:23-24

emtv@Matthew:23:1 @ Then Jesus spoke to the crowds and to His disciples,

emtv@Matthew:23:2 @ saying: "The scribes and the Pharisees sit on Moses' seat.

emtv@Matthew:23:3 @ Therefore whatever they may say to you to observe, observe and do, but do not do according to their works; for they say, and do not do.

emtv@Matthew:23:4 @ For they bind heavy burdens, hard to bear, and lay [them] on men's shoulders; but they do not desire to move them with their finger.

emtv@Matthew:23:5 @ But all their works they do in order to be seen by men. They make their phylacteries broad and they enlarge the borders of their garments.

emtv@Matthew:23:6 @ They love the first couch in the suppers, and the best seats in the synagogues,

emtv@Matthew:23:7 @ and greetings in the marketplaces, and to be called by men, 'Rabbi, Rabbi.'

emtv@Matthew:23:8 @ "But you, do not be called 'Rabbi'; for One is your Teacher, the Christ, and you are all brothers.

emtv@Matthew:23:9 @ Do not call [anyone] on earth your father; for One is your Father, He who is in heaven.

emtv@Matthew:23:10 @ Neither be called teachers; for One is your Teacher, the Christ.

emtv@Matthew:23:11 @ But the greatest of you shall be your servant.

emtv@Matthew:23:12 @ And whoever shall exalt himself will be humbled, and whoever shall humble himself will be exalted.

emtv@Matthew:23:13 @ But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you devour widows' houses, and for a pretense make long prayers. Therefore you will receive greater condemnation.

emtv@Matthew:23:14 @ Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you shut up the kingdom of heaven before men; for you do not enter, nor do you allow those who are entering to go in.

emtv@Matthew:23:15 @ Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you travel around land and sea to make one proselyte, and whenever he becomes [one], you make him twice as much a son of hell as you.

emtv@Matthew:23:16 @ Woe to you, blind guides, who say, 'Whoever swears by the temple, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gold of the temple, is obligated.'

emtv@Matthew:23:17 @ "Fools and blind! For which is greater, the gold or the temple that sanctifies the gold?

emtv@Matthew:23:18 @ And, 'Whoever swears by the altar, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gift that is on it, is obligated.'

emtv@Matthew:23:19 @ "Fools and blind! For which is greater, the gift or the altar that sanctifies the gift?

emtv@Matthew:23:20 @ Therefore he that swears by the altar, swears by it and by all the things on it.

emtv@Matthew:23:21 @ He that swears by the temple, swears by it and by Him who dwelt in it.

emtv@Matthew:23:22 @ And he that swears by heaven, swears by the throne of God and by Him who sits on it.

emtv@Matthew:23:23 @ Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you pay tithes of mint and dill and cummin, and have neglected the more important [things] of the law: justice and mercy and faith. These things you should have done, and not have neglected the others.

emtv@Matthew:23:24 @ Blind guides, you who strain out a gnat, but swallow a camel!

emtv@Matthew:23:25 @ Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full of greed and unrighteousness.

emtv@Matthew:23:26 @ Blind Pharisee, first clean the inside of the cup and dish, so that the outside of them may be clean also.

emtv@Matthew:23:27 @ Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs, which indeed appear beautiful outwardly, but inside are full of dead men's bones and of all uncleanness.

emtv@Matthew:23:28 @ Thus also you outwardly appear righteous to men, but inside you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.

emtv@Matthew:23:29 @ Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you build the tombs of the prophets and adorn the monuments of the righteous,

emtv@Matthew:23:30 @ and say, 'If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.'

emtv@Matthew:23:31 @ "So that you testify against yourselves that you are sons of those who killed the prophets.

emtv@Matthew:23:32 @ And you, fill up then, the measure of your fathers' guilt.

emtv@Matthew:23:33 @ Serpents! Brood of vipers! How shall you escape from the condemnation of hell?

emtv@Matthew:23:34 @ Therefore, behold, I send you prophets, wise [men], and scribes: some of them you will kill and you will crucify, and [some] of them you will flog in your synagogues and you will persecute from city to city,

emtv@Matthew:23:35 @ so that on you may come all the righteous blood being shed on the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah, son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar.

emtv@Matthew:23:36 @ Assuredly I say to you, all these things shall come upon this generation.

emtv@Matthew:23:37 @ "O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, [you] who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How often would I have gathered your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing!

emtv@Matthew:23:38 @ Behold, your house is left to you desolate.

emtv@Matthew:23:39 @ For I say to you, you shall by no means see Me from now until you say, 'Blessed [is] He who comes in the name of the LORD!' "

emtv@Matthew:24:1 @ Then Jesus went out and departed from the temple, and His disciples came to [Him] to point out to Him the buildings of the temple.

emtv@Matthew:24:2 @ But Jesus said to them, "Do you not see all these things? Assuredly I say to you, by no means will a stone be left here upon a stone, which shall not be thrown down."

emtv@Matthew:24:3 @ And as He was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to Him privately, saying, "Tell us, when shall these things be? And what [shall be] the sign of Your coming, and of the end of the age?"

emtv@Matthew:24:4 @ And Jesus answered and said to them: "Take heed that no one deceives you.

emtv@Matthew:24:5 @ For many will come in My name, saying, 'I am the Christ,' and they will deceive many.

emtv@Matthew:24:6 @ And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See [that] you are not disturbed; for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.

emtv@Matthew:24:7 @ For nation shall rise up against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and there will be famines, pestilences, and earthquakes in various places.

emtv@Matthew:24:8 @ But all these things[ are ]the beginning of sorrows.

emtv@Matthew:24:9 @ Then they will hand you over to tribulation and they will kill you, and you will be hated by all nations, on account of My name.

emtv@Matthew:24:10 @ And then many will fall away, and they will betray one another, and they will hate one another.

emtv@Matthew:24:11 @ Then many false prophets will be raised up, and they will deceive many.

emtv@Matthew:24:12 @ And because lawlessness will increase, the love of many will grow cold.

emtv@Matthew:24:13 @ But he who endures to the end shall be saved.

emtv@Matthew:24:14 @ And this good news of the kingdom will be proclaimed in all the world for a testimony to all the nations, and then the end will come.

emtv@Matthew:24:15 @ "Therefore when you see the 'abomination of desolation,' spoken of through Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place"(whoever reads, let him understand),

emtv@Matthew:24:16 @ then let those who are in Judea flee upon the mountains.

emtv@Matthew:24:17 @ Let the [one] on the housetop not go down to take the things out of his house.

emtv@Matthew:24:18 @ And let the [one] in the field not turn back to take his clothes.

emtv@Matthew:24:19 @ But woe to those [women ]who are pregnant, and to the [women] nursing a baby in those days!

emtv@Matthew:24:20 @ But pray that your flight may not take place in winter, nor [on] the Sabbath.

emtv@Matthew:24:21 @ For then there shall be great tribulation, such as has not been since the beginning of the world until now, nor by any means shall be.

emtv@Matthew:24:22 @ And unless those days were cut short, no flesh would be saved; but for the elect's sake, those days will be cut short.

emtv@Matthew:24:23 @ Then if someone says to you, 'Look, here is the Christ!' or 'There!' do not believe [it].

emtv@Matthew:24:24 @ For false christs and false prophets will be raised up, and they will show great signs and wonders so as to deceive, if possible, even the elect.

emtv@Matthew:24:25 @ See, I have told you in advance.

emtv@Matthew:24:26 @ Therefore if they should say to you, 'Look, He is in the desert!' do not go out; or 'Look, He is in the inner rooms!' do not believe [it].

emtv@Matthew:24:27 @ For as the lightning comes out from the east and flashes to the west, so shall also be the coming of the Son of Man.

emtv@Matthew:24:28 @ For wherever the carcass may be, there the eagles will be gathered together.

emtv@Matthew:24:29 @ "Immediately after the tribulation of those days, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give its light; and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken.

emtv@Matthew:24:30 @ And then shall appear the sign of the Son of Man in heaven, and then all the tribes of the earth shall mourn, and they shall see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.

emtv@Matthew:24:31 @ And He shall send His angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together His elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.

emtv@Matthew:24:32 @ "Now learn this parable from the fig tree: Whenever its branch already becomes tender and puts forth leaves, you know that summer is near.

emtv@Matthew:24:33 @ So you also, whenever you see all these things, know that it is near-at the doors!

emtv@Matthew:24:34 @ Assuredly I say to you, this generation shall by no means pass away till all these things are fulfilled.

emtv@Matthew:24:35 @ Heaven and earth shall pass away, but My words shall by no means pass away.

emtv@Matthew:24:36 @ "But concerning that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, but My Father only.

emtv@Matthew:24:37 @ But just as the days of Noah [were], so also shall be the coming of the Son of Man.

emtv@Matthew:24:38 @ For just as they were in the days before the flood, eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark,

emtv@Matthew:24:39 @ and they didn't know [a thing] until the flood came and took [them] all away, so also shall be the coming of the Son of Man.

emtv@Matthew:24:40 @ Then two will be in the field: one will be taken, and one will be left.

emtv@Matthew:24:41 @ Two will be grinding at the mill: one will be taken, and one will be left.

emtv@Matthew:24:42 @ Watch therefore, for you do not know in what hour your Lord is coming.

emtv@Matthew:24:43 @ But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what hour the thief was coming, he would have kept watch, and he would not have allowed his house to be broken into.

emtv@Matthew:24:44 @ For this reason you also must be ready, for at an hour that you think not, the Son of Man comes.

emtv@Matthew:24:45 @ "Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his master appointed over his household, to give them food in due season?

emtv@Matthew:24:46 @ Blessed is that servant whom his master, when he comes, will find so doing.

emtv@Matthew:24:47 @ Assuredly I say to you that he will make him ruler over all his possessions.

emtv@Matthew:24:48 @ But if that evil servant should say in his heart, 'My master is delaying to come,'

emtv@Matthew:24:49 @ "and should begin to beat his fellow servants, and to eat and drink with the drunkards,

emtv@Matthew:24:50 @ the master of that servant will come on a day which he does not expect, and in an hour which he does not know,

emtv@Matthew:24:51 @ and he will cut him in two, and will appoint his share with the hypocrites. There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

emtv@Matthew:25:1 @ "Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, who having taken their lamps, went out to meet the bridegroom.