Matthew:23:13-29
nkjv@Matthew:23:13 @ "But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you shut up the kingdom of heaven against men; for you neither go in yourselves, nor do you allow those who are entering to go in.
nkjv@Matthew:23:14 @ Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you devour widows' houses, and for a pretense make long prayers. Therefore you will receive greater condemnation.
nkjv@Matthew:23:15 @ "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you travel land and sea to win one proselyte, and when he is won, you make him twice as much a son of hell as yourselves.
nkjv@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, he is obliged to perform it.'
nkjv@Matthew:23:17 @ Fools and blind! For which is greater, the gold or the temple that sanctifies the gold?
nkjv@Matthew:23:18 @ And, "Whoever swears by the altar, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gift that is on it, he is obliged to perform it.'
nkjv@Matthew:23:19 @ Fools and blind! For which is greater, the gift or the altar that sanctifies the gift?
nkjv@Matthew:23:20 @ Therefore he who swears by the altar, swears by it and by all things on it.
nkjv@Matthew:23:21 @ He who swears by the temple, swears by it and by Him who dwells in it.
nkjv@Matthew:23:22 @ And he who swears by heaven, swears by the throne of God and by Him who sits on it.
nkjv@Matthew:23:23 @ "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law: justice and mercy and faith. These you ought to have done, without leaving the others undone.
nkjv@Matthew:23:24 @ Blind guides, who strain out a gnat and swallow a camel!
nkjv@Matthew:23:25 @ "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you cleanse the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full of extortion and self-indulgence.
nkjv@Matthew:23:26 @ Blind Pharisee, first cleanse the inside of the cup and dish, that the outside of them may be clean also.
nkjv@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 all uncleanness.
nkjv@Matthew:23:28 @ Even so you also outwardly appear righteous to men, but inside you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.
nkjv@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,
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