Luke 11:44

American Standard Version (1901)

Woe unto you! for ye are as the tombs which appear not, and the men that walk over [them] know it not.

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Referenced Verses

  • Num 19:16 : 16 And whosoever in the open field toucheth one that is slain with a sword, or a dead body, or a bone of a man, or a grave, shall be unclean seven days.
  • Ps 5:9 : 9 For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; Their inward part is very wickedness; Their throat is an open sepulchre; They flatter with their tongue.
  • Hos 9:8 : 8 Ephraim [was] a watchman with my God: as for the prophet, a fowler's snare is in all his ways, [and] enmity in the house of his God.
  • Matt 23:27-28 : 27 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which outwardly appear beautiful, but inwardly are full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness. 28 Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but inwardly ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.
  • Acts 23:3 : 3 Then said Paul unto him, God shall smite thee, thou whited wall: and sittest thou to judge me according to the law, and commandest me to be smitten contrary to the law?

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 85%

    23Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye tithe mint and anise and cummin, and have left undone the weightier matters of the law, justice, and mercy, and faith: but these ye ought to have done, and not to have left the other undone.

    24Ye blind guides, that strain out the gnat, and swallow the camel!

    25Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye cleanse the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full from extortion and excess.

    26Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first the inside of the cup and of the platter, that the outside thereof may become clean also.

    27Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which outwardly appear beautiful, but inwardly are full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness.

    28Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but inwardly ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.

    29Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, and garnish the tombs of the righteous,

  • 81%

    41But give for alms those things which are within; and behold, all things are clean unto you.

    42But woe unto you Pharisees! for ye tithe mint and rue and every herb, and pass over justice and the love of God: but these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.

    43Woe unto you Pharisees! for ye love the chief seats in the synagogues, and the salutations in the marketplaces.

  • 78%

    45And one of the lawyers answering saith unto him, Teacher, in saying this thou reproachest us also.

    46And he said, Woe unto you lawyers also! for ye load men with burdens grievous to be borne, and ye yourselves touch not the burdens with one of your fingers.

    47Woe unto you! for ye build the tombs of the prophets, and your fathers killed them.

    48So ye are witnesses and consent unto the works of your fathers: for they killed them, and ye build [their tombs] .

  • 78%

    13But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye shut the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye enter not in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering in to enter. [

    14(Ommitted)

    15Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte; and when he is become so, ye make him twofold more a son of hell than yourselves.

    16Woe unto you, ye blind guides, that say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor.

  • 73%

    46Beware of the scribes, who desire to walk in long robes, and love salutations in the marketplaces, and chief seats in the synagogues, and chief places at feasts;

    47who devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayers: these shall receive greater condemnation.

  • 72%

    52Woe unto you lawyers! for ye took away the key of knowledge: ye entered not in yourselves, and them that were entering in ye hindered.

    53And when he was come out from thence, the scribes and the Pharisees began to press upon [him] vehemently, and to provoke him to speak of many things;

  • 72%

    14And the Pharisees, who were lovers of money, heard all these things; and they scoffed at him.

    15And he said unto them, Ye are they that justify yourselves in the sight of men; but God knoweth your hearts: for that which is exalted among men is an abomination in the sight of God.

  • 39And the Lord said unto him, Now ye the Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup and of the platter; but your inward part is full of extortion and wickedness.

  • 7Ye hypocrites, well did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying,

  • Matt 23:2-5
    4 verses
    71%

    2saying, The scribes and the Pharisees sit on Moses seat:

    3all things therefore whatsoever they bid you, [these] do and observe: but do not ye after their works; for they say, and do not.

    4Yea, they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men's shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with their finger.

    5But all their works they do to be seen of men: for they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders [of their garments] ,

  • Luke 6:25-26
    2 verses
    69%

    25Woe unto you, ye that are full now! for ye shall hunger. Woe [unto you], ye that laugh now! for ye shall mourn and weep.

    26Woe [unto you], when all men shall speak well of you! for in the same manner did their fathers to the false prophets.

  • 56Ye hypocrites, ye know how to interpret the face of the earth and the heaven; but how is it that ye know not how to interpret this time?

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    38And in his teaching he said, Beware of the scribes, who desire to walk in long robes, and [to have] salutations in the marketplaces,

    39and chief seats in the synagogues, and chief places at feasts:

    40they that devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayers; these shall receive greater condemnation.

  • 1In the mean time, when the many thousands of the multitude were gathered together, insomuch that they trod one upon another, he began to say unto his disciples first of all, Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.

  • 6And he said unto them, Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written, This people honoreth me with their lips, But their heart is far from me.

  • 20For I say unto you, that except your righteousness shall exceed [the righteousness] of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no wise enter into the kingdom of heaven.

  • 45And when the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they perceived that he spake of them.

  • 18But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, Why make ye trial of me, ye hypocrites?

  • John 9:40-41
    2 verses
    67%

    40Those of the Pharisees who were with him heard these things, and said unto him, Are we also blind?

    41Jesus said unto them, If ye were blind, ye would have no sin: but now ye say, We see: your sin remaineth.

  • 14Let them alone: they are blind guides. And if the blind guide the blind, both shall fall into a pit.

  • 11How is it that ye do not perceive that I spake not to you concerning bread? But beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

  • 1Then there come to Jesus from Jerusalem Pharisees and scribes, saying,

  • 14But it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the judgment, than for you.

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    33Ye serpents, ye offspring of vipers, how shall ye escape the judgment of hell?

    34Therefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: some of them shall ye kill and crucify; and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute from city to city:

  • 22But I say unto you, it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the day of judgment than for you.