Matthew:23:1-39
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Then spake Jesus to the multitude ,
and to his disciples ,
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Saying ,
The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses '
seat :
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All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe ,
that observe and do ;
but do not ye after their works :
for they say ,
and do not .
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For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne ,
and lay them on men '
s shoulders ;
but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers .
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But all their works they do for to be seen of men :
they make broad their phylacteries ,
and enlarge the borders of their garments ,
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And love the uppermost rooms at feasts ,
and the chief seats in the synagogues ,
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And greetings in the markets ,
and to be called of men ,
Rabbi ,
Rabbi .
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But be not ye called Rabbi :
for one is your Master ,
even Christ ;
and all ye are brethren .
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And call no man your father upon the earth :
for one is your Father ,
which is in heaven .
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Neither be ye called masters :
for one is your Master ,
even Christ .
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But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant .
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And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased ;
and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted .
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But woe unto you ,
scribes and Pharisees ,
hypocrites !
for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men :
for ye neither go in yourselves ,
neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in .
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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 damnation .
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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 the child of hell than yourselves .
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Woe unto you ,
ye blind guides ,
which say ,
Whosoever shall swear by the temple ,
it is nothing ;
but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple ,
he is a debtor !
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Ye fools and blind :
for whether is greater ,
the gold ,
or the temple that sanctifieth the gold ?
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And ,
Whosoever shall swear by the altar ,
it is nothing ;
but whosoever sweareth by the gift that is upon it ,
he is guilty .
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Ye fools and blind :
for whether is greater ,
the gift ,
or the altar that sanctifieth the gift ?
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Whoso therefore shall swear by the altar ,
sweareth by it ,
and by all things thereon .
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And whoso shall swear by the temple ,
sweareth by it ,
and by him that dwelleth therein .
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And he that shall swear by heaven ,
sweareth by the throne of God ,
and by him that sitteth thereon .
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Woe unto you ,
scribes and Pharisees ,
hypocrites !
for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin ,
and have omitted the weightier matters of the law ,
judgment ,
mercy ,
and faith :
these ought ye to have done ,
and not to leave the other undone .
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Ye blind guides ,
which strain at a gnat ,
and swallow a camel .
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Woe unto you ,
scribes and Pharisees ,
hypocrites !
for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter ,
but within they are full of extortion and excess .
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Thou blind Pharisee ,
cleanse first that which is within the cup and platter ,
that the outside of them may be clean also .
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Woe unto you ,
scribes and Pharisees ,
hypocrites !
for ye are like unto whited sepulchres ,
which indeed appear beautiful outward ,
but are within full of dead men '
s bones ,
and of all uncleanness .
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Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men ,
but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity .
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Woe unto you ,
scribes and Pharisees ,
hypocrites !
because ye build the tombs of the prophets ,
and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous ,
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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 .
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Wherefore ye be witnesses unto yourselves ,
that ye are the children of them which killed the prophets .
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Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers .
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Ye serpents ,
ye generation of vipers ,
how can ye escape the damnation of hell ?
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Wherefore ,
behold ,
I send unto you prophets ,
and wise men ,
and scribes :
and some of them ye shall kill and crucify ;
and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues ,
and persecute them from city to city :
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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 slew between the temple and the altar .
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Verily I say unto you ,
All these things shall come upon this generation .
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O Jerusalem ,
Jerusalem ,
thou that killest the prophets ,
and stonest them which are sent unto thee ,
how often would I have gathered thy children together ,
even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings ,
and ye would not !
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Behold ,
your house is left unto you desolate .
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For I say unto you ,
Ye shall not see me henceforth ,
till ye shall say ,
Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord .