Matthew 23:28

Coverdale Bible (1535)

Euen so are ye also: Outwarde ye appeare righteous vnto men, but within ye are full of ypocrisye and iniquyte.

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  • Matt 23:5 : 5 All their workes do they to be sene of men. They set abrode their Philateries, and make large borders vpon their garmentes,
  • Luke 16:15 : 15 And he sayde vnto them: Ye are they that iustifie yor selues before men, but God knoweth youre hertes. For yt which is hye amonge men, is an abhominacion before God.
  • Heb 4:12-13 : 12 For ye worde of God is quycke, and mightie in operacion, and sharper the eny two edged swerde, and entreth thorow, euen to the deuydinge of the soule & the sprete, and of ye ioyntes & the mary, and is a iudger of the thoughtes & intetes of the hert, 13 nether is there eny creature invisible in ye sighte of him. But all thinges are naked & bare vnto ye eyes of hi of who we speake.
  • Mark 7:21-23 : 21 that defyleth the man. For from within out of the hert of man proceade euell thoughtes, aduoutrye, whordome, murthur, 22 theft, coueteousnes, wickednes, disceate, vnclennes, a wicked eye, blasphemy, pryde, foolishnes. 23 All these euell thinges go from within, and defyle the man.
  • 1 Sam 16:7 : 7 But ye LORDE sayde vnto Samuel: loke not vpon his countenaunce, ner vpon the tallnesse of his person, For I iudge not after the sighte of man. A man hath respecte vnto the thinge that is before his eyes, but the LORDE loketh vpon the hert.
  • Ps 51:6 : 6 But lo, thou hast a pleasure in the treuth, and hast shewed me secrete wy?dome.
  • Jer 17:9-9 : 9 Amonge all thinges lyuynge, man hath the most disceatfull and vnsercheable hert. Who shall then knowe it? 10 Euen I the LORDE ripe out the grounde off the hert, ad search the reynes and rewarde euery ma acordinge to his wayes, and acordinge to the frute off his councels.
  • Matt 12:34-35 : 34 O ye generacio of vypers, how can ye speake good, whan ye youre selues are euell? For of ye abundace of ye hert ye mouth speaketh. 35 A good man out of the good treasure of his hert, bringeth forth good thinges: & an euel man out of his euell treasure, bringeth forth euell thinges.
  • Matt 15:19-20 : 19 For out of ye hert come euell thoughtes murthur, breakynge of wedlocke, whordome theft, false witnesse, blasphemy. 20 These are ye thinges that defyle a man. But to eate wt vnwasshen hondes, defyleth not a man.

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  • Matt 23:23-27
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    89%

    23Wo vnto you scrybes and Pharises, ye ypocrytes, which tythe Mynt, Anyse and Commyn, and leaue the waightier matters of the lawe behynde: namely, iudgment, mercy, and fayth. These ought to haue bene done, and not to leaue the other behynde.

    24O ye blynde gydes, which strayne out a gnat, but swalowe vp a Camell.

    25Wo vnto you scrybes and Pharises, ye Ypocrytes, which make cleane the vttersyde of the cuppe and platter, but within are ye full of robbery and excesse.

    26Thou blynde Pharise, clense first the in syde of the cuppe and platter, that the out syde maye be cleane also.

    27Wo vnto you scrybes and Pharises, ye Ypocrites, which be like vnto paynted Sepulcres, that appeare beutyfull outwarde, but within they are full of deed mens bones and all fylthines.

  • Matt 23:29
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    29Wo vnto you scrybes and Pharises, ye ypocrites, which buylde the tombes of the prophetes, and garnysh the sepulcres of the righteous,

  • Luke 11:39-44
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    39But the LORDE sayde vnto him: Now do ye Pharises make cleane the out syde of the cuppe and platter, but youre inwarde partes are full of robbery and wickednesse.

    40Ye fooles, is a thinge made cleane within, because the outsyde is clensed?

    41Neuertheles geue almesse of that ye haue, and beholde, all is cleane vnto you.

    42But wo vnto you Pharises, ye that tythe mynt and rewe, and all maner herbes, and passe ouer iudgmet and ye loue of God. These ought to haue bene done, and not to leaue the other vndone.

    43Wo vnto you Pharises, for ye loue to syt vppermost in the synagoges, and to be saluted in the market.

    44Wo vnto you scrybes and Pharyses, ye ypocrites, for ye are like couered sepulcres, where ouer men walke, and are not awarre of them.

  • Matt 15:7-8
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    78%

    7Ye ypocrites, full well hath Esaye prophecied of you, & sayde:

    8This people draweth nye vnto me wt their mouth, & honoureth me wt their lippes, howbeit, their hert is farre fro me.

  • Matt 23:13-16
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    77%

    13Wo vnto you Scrybes and Pharises, ye ypocrytes, that shut vp the kyngdome of heauen before men: Ye come not in youre selues, nether suffre ye them to enter, that wolde be in.

    14Wo vnto you Scrybes and Pharises, ye ypocrytes, that deuoure wyddowes houses, and that vnder the culoure of prayenge longe prayers, therfore shal ye receaue ye greater damnacion.

    15Wo vnto you Scrybes and Pharises, ye ypocrytes, which compasse see and lode to make one Proselyte: and whan he is become one, ye make of him a childe of hell, two folde more then ye youre selues are.

    16Wo vnto you blyndegydes, which saye: Who so euer sweareth by the temple, that is nothinge: but who so euer sweareth by the golde of the temple, he is giltie.

  • Luke 16:15
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    15And he sayde vnto them: Ye are they that iustifie yor selues before men, but God knoweth youre hertes. For yt which is hye amonge men, is an abhominacion before God.

  • Mark 7:6-7
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    6But he answered & sayde vnto them: Full well hath Esay prophecied of you Ypocrytes, as it is wrytte: This people honoureth me wt their lippes, but their hert is farre fro me.

    7But in vayne do they serue me, whyle they teach soch doctrynes as are nothinge but the commaundemetes of me.

  • Matt 23:3-6
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    3Therfore whatsoeuer they bid you obserue, that obserue and do, but after their workes shal ye not do,

    4for they saye & do not. For they bynde heuy and intollerable burthens, and laye them vpon mens shulders: But they them selues wil not heaue at them with one of their fyngers.

    5All their workes do they to be sene of men. They set abrode their Philateries, and make large borders vpon their garmentes,

    6and loue to syt vppermost at the table, and to haue the chefe seates in the synagoges,

  • Matt 22:18
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    18Now wha Iesus perceaued their wickednes, he sayde: O ye ypocrites, why tepte ye me?

  • Luke 12:1
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    1There were gathered together an innumerable multitude of people, in so moch that they trode one another: Then beganne he, and sayde first vnto his disciples: Bewarre of the leuen of the Pharises, which is ypocrisye.

  • Luke 12:56
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    56O ye ypocrytes, ye can discerne the fashion of the skye and of the earth: Why can ye not discerne this tyme also?

  • Matt 7:5
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    5Ypocryte, fyrst cast out the beame out of thyne awne eye, and then shalt thou se clearly, to plucke out the moate out of thy brothers eye.

  • Matt 6:16
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    16Moreouer when ye fast, be not sad as ye ypocrytes are. For they disfigure their faces, that they myght be sene of men to fast. Verely I saye vnto you: they haue their rewarde.

  • Matt 5:20
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    20For I saye vnto you: excepte youre rightewesnes exceade the righetewesnes of the Scribes and Pharises, ye can not entre in to the kyngdome of heauen.

  • Matt 6:1-2
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    1Take hede to youre almes, that ye geue it not in the syght of men, to the intent that ye wolde be sene of them: or els, ye get no rewarde of youre father which is in heauen.

    2When soeuer therfore thou geuest thine almes, thou shalt not make a trompet to be blowen before the, as the ypocrites do in the synagoges and in the stretes, for to be praysed of me. Verely I saye vnto you: they haue their rewarde.

  • Luke 6:26
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    26Wo vnto you whan euery man prayseth you, Euen so dyd their fathers vnto the false prophetes also.

  • Matt 6:5
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    5And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as ye ypocrytes are. For they loue to stode and praye in the synagoges, and in the corners of the stretes, to be sene of men. Verely I saie vnto you: they haue their rewarde.

  • Matt 23:31-34
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    69%

    31Therfore ye be wytnesses vnto youre selues, that ye are the children of them, which slew the prophetes.

    32Go to, fulfyll ye also the measure of youre fathers.

    33O ye serpentes, O ye generacion of vypers, how wyl ye escape the damnacion of Hell?

    34Therfore beholde, I sende vnto you prophetes and wysemen, and scrybes, and some of them shal ye kyll and crucifye, and some of them shal ye scourge in youre synagoges, and persecute them from cite to cite:

  • Mark 7:22-23
    2 verses
    69%

    22theft, coueteousnes, wickednes, disceate, vnclennes, a wicked eye, blasphemy, pryde, foolishnes.

    23All these euell thinges go from within, and defyle the man.

  • Luke 6:42
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    42Or how canst thou saye vnto thy brother: holde styll brother, I wil plucke ye moate out of thyne eye, and thou thy self seist not ye beame in thine awne eye? Thou ypocryte, Fyrst cast the beame out of thine awne eye, and the shalt thou se clearly to pull the moote out of thy brothers eye.

  • Job 17:8
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    8Vertuous me therfore shall wel cosidre this, and the innocent shal take parte agaynst the Ypocrite.

  • Luke 11:47-48
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    47Wo vnto you, for ye buylde the sepulcres of the prophetes, but youre fathers put them to death.

    48Doutles ye beare wytnesse, and consente vnto the dedes of yor fathers: for they slewe them, and ye buylde their sepulcres.

  • Matt 7:15
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    15Beware of false Prophetes, which come to you in shepes clothinge, but inwardly they are rauenynge wolues,

  • Jas 1:22
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    22And se that ye be doers of ye worde & not heares only, deceauinge youre awne selues.

  • Matt 16:3
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    3And in ye mornynge, ye saye: It wil be foule wedder to daye, for the sskye is reed, & gloometh. O ye ypocrytes, ye can discerne the fashion of ye sskye: can ye not the discerne the tokes of these tymes also?

  • Luke 20:46
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    46Bewarre of the scrybes, which wyl go in longe garmentes, and loue to be saluted vpon the market, and desyre to syt hyest in the synagoges, and at the table.

  • 1 Tim 4:2
    67%

    2which speake false thorow ypocrysie, and haue their coscience marked with an whote yron,