Matthew:23:13-29
rsv@Matthew:23:13 @ "But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because you shut the kingdom of heaven against men; for you neither enter yourselves, nor allow those who would enter to go in.
rsv@Matthew:23:14 @ Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you traverse sea and land to make a single proselyte, and when he becomes a proselyte, you make him twice as much a child of hell as yourselves.
rsv@Matthew:23:15 @ "Woe to you, blind guides, who say, `If any one swears by the temple, it is nothing; but if any one swears by the gold of the temple, he is bound by his oath.'
rsv@Matthew:23:16 @ You blind fools! For which is greater, the gold or the temple that has made the gold sacred?
rsv@Matthew:23:17 @ And you say, `If any one swears by the altar, it is nothing; but if any one swears by the gift that is on the altar, he is bound by his oath.'
rsv@Matthew:23:18 @ You blind men! For which is greater, the gift or the altar that makes the gift sacred?
rsv@Matthew:23:19 @ So he who swears by the altar, swears by it and by everything on it;
rsv@Matthew:23:20 @ and he who swears by the temple, swears by it and by him who dwells in it;
rsv@Matthew:23:21 @ and he who swears by heaven, swears by the throne of God and by him who sits upon it.
rsv@Matthew:23:22 @ "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you tithe mint and dill and cummin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law, justice and mercy and faith; these you ought to have done, without neglecting the others.
rsv@Matthew:23:23 @ You blind guides, straining out a gnat and swallowing a camel!
rsv@Matthew:23:24 @ "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you cleanse the outside of the cup and of the plate, but inside they are full of extortion and rapacity.
rsv@Matthew:23:25 @ You blind Pharisee! first cleanse the inside of the cup and of the plate, that the outside also may be clean.
rsv@Matthew:23:26 @ "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you are like whitewashed tombs, which outwardly appear beautiful, but within they are full of dead men's bones and all uncleanness.
rsv@Matthew:23:27 @ So you also outwardly appear righteous to men, but within you are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.
rsv@Matthew:23:28 @ "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you build the tombs of the prophets and adorn the monuments of the righteous,
rsv@Matthew:23:29 @ saying, `If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we would not have taken part with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.'
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