Matthew 23:27

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Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which appear beautiful on the outside but inside are full of the bones of the dead and all impurity.

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  • Acts 23:3 : 3 Then Paul said to him, 'God is going to strike you, you whitewashed wall! Do you sit there judging me according to the law, yet in violation of the law you order me to be struck?'
  • Luke 11:44 : 44 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You are like unmarked graves that people walk over without knowing.
  • Num 19:16 : 16 Anyone in the open field who touches someone who was killed with a sword, a dead body, a human bone, or a grave shall be unclean for seven days.
  • Isa 58:1-2 : 1 Cry aloud, do not hold back! Raise your voice like a trumpet; announce to my people their rebellion and to the house of Jacob their sins. 2 Day after day they seek me and delight to know my ways, as if they were a nation that practiced righteousness and did not forsake the justice of their God. They ask me for righteous judgments and delight in drawing near to God.

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  • Matt 23:28-30
    3 verses
    89%

    28So too, on the outside you appear righteous to people, but on the inside you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.

    29Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You build the tombs of the prophets and decorate the graves of the righteous,

    30and you say, 'If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partners with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.'

  • Matt 23:23-26
    4 verses
    87%

    23Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You tithe mint, dill, and cumin but have neglected the more important matters of the law—justice, mercy, and faithfulness. These you ought to have done without neglecting the others.

    24Blind guides! You strain out a gnat but swallow a camel.

    25Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and the dish, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence.

    26Blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and the dish, so that the outside may also become clean.

  • Luke 11:39-48
    10 verses
    85%

    39Then the Lord said to him, 'Now you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside you are full of greed and wickedness.

    40You fools! Did not the one who made the outside also make the inside?

    41But now as for what is inside you—be generous to the poor, and everything will be clean for you.'

    42But woe to you Pharisees! For you give a tenth of mint, rue, and every herb, but you neglect justice and the love of God. These you ought to have done without neglecting the others.

    43Woe to you Pharisees! For you love the seats of honor in the synagogues and greetings in the marketplaces.

    44Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You are like unmarked graves that people walk over without knowing.

    45One of the experts in the law answered, 'Teacher, by saying these things, you insult us as well.'

    46Jesus replied, 'Woe to you as well, experts in the law! You load people with burdens that are hard to carry, yet you yourselves do not touch these burdens with even one finger.'

    47Woe to you! For you build tombs for the prophets, yet it was your ancestors who killed them.

    48So you are witnesses and approve of the deeds of your ancestors; they killed the prophets, and you build their tombs.

  • Matt 23:13-17
    5 verses
    78%

    13But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you shut the kingdom of heaven in people's faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor do you allow those entering to go in.

    14Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You devour widows’ houses and for a pretense make long prayers. Therefore, you will receive a greater condemnation.

    15Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You travel over land and sea to win a single convert, and when he becomes one, you make him twice as much a child of hell as you are.

    16Woe to you, blind guides! You say, 'If anyone swears by the temple, it means nothing; but if anyone swears by the gold of the temple, he is obligated.'

    17You fools and blind! Which is greater, the gold or the temple that sanctifies the gold?

  • Matt 15:7
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    7You hypocrites! Isaiah was right when he prophesied about you, saying,

  • Luke 16:15
    73%

    15Jesus said to them, "You are the ones who justify yourselves in the eyes of others, but God knows your hearts. What people value highly is detestable in God’s sight."

  • Mark 7:5-6
    2 verses
    72%

    5So the Pharisees and the scribes questioned Him, "Why do Your disciples not walk according to the tradition of the elders, but eat with unwashed hands?"

    6He answered them, "Isaiah rightly prophesied about you hypocrites, as it is written: 'This people honors Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me.'

  • Matt 23:2-5
    4 verses
    71%

    2saying, 'The scribes and the Pharisees sit on Moses' seat of authority.

    3So do and observe whatever they tell you, but do not do as they do, for they say things but do not practice them.

    4They tie up heavy and unbearable burdens, and place them on people's shoulders, but they themselves are unwilling to lift a finger to move them.

    5They do all their deeds to be seen by others. They make their phylacteries broad and their tassels long.

  • Luke 12:1
    69%

    1Meanwhile, when thousands of people had gathered together, to the point of trampling on one another, Jesus began to speak first to His disciples: "Be on your guard against the yeast of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy."

  • Matt 7:5
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    5Hypocrite! First remove the beam from your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye.

  • Matt 5:20
    69%

    20For I tell you that unless your righteousness surpasses that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will certainly not enter the kingdom of heaven.

  • Matt 22:18
    68%

    18But Jesus, perceiving their malice, said, 'Why are you testing me, you hypocrites?

  • Luke 20:46-47
    2 verses
    68%

    46'Beware of the scribes, who like to walk around in long robes, love respectful greetings in the marketplaces, the best seats in the synagogues, and places of honor at banquets.

    47They devour widows’ houses and make long prayers for appearance’s sake. These will receive a greater condemnation.

  • Luke 6:25-26
    2 verses
    68%

    25Woe to you who are well fed now, for you will go hungry. Woe to you who laugh now, for you will mourn and weep.

    26Woe to you when everyone speaks well of you, for that is how their ancestors treated the false prophets.

  • Matt 23:32-34
    3 verses
    68%

    32Fill up, then, the measure of your forefathers' sins!

    33You serpents, you brood of vipers! How can you escape being sentenced to hell?

    34Therefore, look, I am sending you prophets, wise men, and scribes. Some of them you will kill and crucify, and some of them you will flog in your synagogues and persecute from town to town,

  • Mark 7:23
    68%

    23All these evils come from within and defile a person.

  • Mark 12:40
    67%

    40They devour widows' houses and for a show make lengthy prayers. These men will receive greater condemnation.'

  • Matt 15:1
    67%

    1Then some Pharisees and teachers of the law came to Jesus from Jerusalem and said,

  • Luke 12:56
    67%

    56You hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of the sky and the earth, but why do you not know how to interpret this present time?

  • Luke 6:42
    66%

    42How can you say to your brother, 'Brother, let me take out the speck in your eye,' when you yourself do not see the beam in your own eye? You hypocrite! First remove the beam from your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye.

  • Matt 6:16
    66%

    16When you fast, do not look somber like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces to show others they are fasting. Truly, I tell you, they have received their reward in full.

  • Matt 7:15
    66%

    15Beware of false prophets who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves.

  • Matt 6:23
    66%

    23But if your eye is unhealthy, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light within you is darkness, how great is that darkness!

  • Mark 7:8
    66%

    8You have abandoned the commandment of God and hold onto human traditions, including the washing of pitchers and cups, and you do many other similar things."