Matthew 23:25

Geneva Bible (1560)

Wo be to you, Scribes and Pharises, hypocrites: for ye make cleane the vtter side of the cup, and of the platter: but within they are ful of briberie and excesse.

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  • Luke 11:39-40 : 39 And the Lord saide to him, In deede yee Pharises make cleane the outside of the cuppe, and of the platter: but the inwarde part is full of rauening and wickednesse. 40 Ye fooles, did not he that made that which is without, make that which is within also?
  • Matt 15:19-20 : 19 For out of the heart come euil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false testimonies, slaunders. 20 These are the things, which defile the man: but to eat with vnwashen hands, defileth not ye man.
  • Mark 7:4-9 : 4 And when they come from the market, except they wash, they eate not: and many other things there be, which they haue taken vpon them to obserue, as the washing of cups, and pots, and of brasen vessels, and of beds.) 5 Then asked him the Pharises and Scribes, Why walke not thy disciples according to the tradition of the Elders, but eate meate with vnwashen hands? 6 Then hee answered and sayd vnto them, Surely Esay hath prophecied well of you, hypocrites, as it is written, This people honoureth mee with lippes, but their heart is farre away from me. 7 But they worship me in vaine, teaching for doctrines the commandements of men. 8 For ye lay the commaundement of God apart, and obserue the tradition of men, as the washing of pots and of cups, and many other such like things ye doe. 9 And he sayd vnto them, Well, ye reiect the commandement of God, that ye may obserue your owne tradition. 10 For Moses sayd, Honour thy father and thy mother: and Whosoeuer shall speake euill of father or mother, let him die the death. 11 But yee say, If a man say to father or mother, Corban, that is, By the gift that is offered by mee, thou mayest haue profite, hee shall be free. 12 So ye suffer him no more to doe any thing for his father, or his mother, 13 Making the worde of God of none authoritie, by your tradition which ye haue ordeined: and ye doe many such like things.
  • Isa 28:7-8 : 7 But they haue erred because of wine, and are out of the way by strong drinke: the priest and the prophet haue erred by strong drinke: they are swallowed vp with wine: they haue gone astraye through strong drinke: they faile in vision: they stumble in iudgement. 8 For all their tables are full of filthy vomiting: no place is cleane.

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  • Matt 23:26-29
    4 verses
    92%

    26Thou blinde Pharise, cleanse first the inside of the cup and platter, that the outside of them may be cleane also.

    27Wo be to you, Scribes and Pharises, hypocrites: for ye are like vnto whited tombes, which appeare beautifull outward, but are within full of dead mens bones, and all filthines.

    28So are ye also: for outwarde ye appeare righteous vnto men, but within ye are full of hypocrisie and iniquitie.

    29Wo be vnto you, Scribes & Pharises, hypocrites: for ye build the tombes of the Prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous,

  • Luke 11:38-44
    7 verses
    88%

    38And when the Pharise saw it, he marueiled that he had not first washed before dinner.

    39And the Lord saide to him, In deede yee Pharises make cleane the outside of the cuppe, and of the platter: but the inwarde part is full of rauening and wickednesse.

    40Ye fooles, did not he that made that which is without, make that which is within also?

    41Therefore, giue almes of those thinges which you haue, and beholde, all thinges shall be cleane to you.

    42But wo be to you, Pharises: for ye tithe the mynt and the rewe, and all maner herbs, and passe ouer iudgement & the loue of God: these ought yee to haue done, and not to haue left the other vndone.

    43Wo be to you, Pharises: for ye loue the vppermost seats in the Synagogues, and greetings in the markets.

    44Wo be to you, Scribes and Pharises, hypocrites: for ye are as graues which appeare not, and the men that walke ouer them, perceiue not.

  • Matt 23:23-24
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    23Wo be to you, Scribes and Pharises, hypocrites: for ye tithe mynt, & annyse, & cummyn, & leaue the weightier matters of the law, as iudgement, and mercy and fidelitie. These ought ye to haue done, and not to haue left the other.

    24Ye blinde guides, which straine out a gnat, and swallowe a camell.

  • Matt 23:13-17
    5 verses
    79%

    13Wo therefore be vnto you, Scribes and Pharises, hypocrites, because ye shut vp the kingdome of heauen before men: for ye your selues go not in, neither suffer ye them that would enter, to come in.

    14Wo be vnto you, Scribes and Pharises, hypocrites: for ye deuoure widowes houses, euen vnder a colour of long prayers: wherefore ye shall receiue the greater damnation.

    15Wo be vnto you, Scribes and Pharises, hypocrites: for ye compasse sea and land to make one of your profession: and when he is made, ye make him two folde more the childe of hell, then you your selues.

    16Wo be vnto you blinde guides, which say, Whosoeuer sweareth by the Temple, it is nothing: but whosoeuer sweareth by the golde of the Temple, he offendeth.

    17Ye fooles and blinde, whether is greater, the golde, or the Temple that sanctifieth the golde?

  • Luke 16:14-15
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    14All these thinges heard the Pharises also which were couetous, and they scoffed at him.

    15Then he sayde vnto them, Yee are they, which iustifie your selues before men: but God knoweth your heartes: for that which is highly esteemed among men, is abomination in the sight of God.

  • Matt 15:7
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    7O hypocrites, Esaias prophecied well of you, saying,

  • Matt 23:2-6
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    75%

    2Saying, The Scribes and the Pharises sit in Moses seate.

    3All therefore whatsoeuer they bid you obserue, that obserue and doe: but after their workes doe not: for they say, and doe not.

    4For they binde heauie burdens, & grieuous to be borne, and lay them on mens shoulders, but they themselues will not moue them with one of their fingers.

    5All their workes they doe for to be seene of men: for they make their phylacteries broad, and make long the frindges of their garments,

    6And loue the chiefe place at feastes, and to haue the chiefe seates in the assemblies,

  • Mark 7:3-6
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    72%

    3(For the Pharises, and all the Iewes, except they wash their hands oft, eate not, holding the tradition of the Elders.

    4And when they come from the market, except they wash, they eate not: and many other things there be, which they haue taken vpon them to obserue, as the washing of cups, and pots, and of brasen vessels, and of beds.)

    5Then asked him the Pharises and Scribes, Why walke not thy disciples according to the tradition of the Elders, but eate meate with vnwashen hands?

    6Then hee answered and sayd vnto them, Surely Esay hath prophecied well of you, hypocrites, as it is written, This people honoureth mee with lippes, but their heart is farre away from me.

  • Matt 5:20
    72%

    20For I say vnto you, except your righteousnes exceede the righteousnes of the Scribes and Pharises, ye shall not enter into the kingdome of heauen.

  • Matt 7:5
    72%

    5Hypocrite, first cast out that beame out of thine owne eye, and then shalt thou see clearely to cast out the mote out of thy brothers eye.

  • Mark 7:8-9
    2 verses
    71%

    8For ye lay the commaundement of God apart, and obserue the tradition of men, as the washing of pots and of cups, and many other such like things ye doe.

    9And he sayd vnto them, Well, ye reiect the commandement of God, that ye may obserue your owne tradition.

  • Matt 15:1-2
    2 verses
    71%

    1Then came to Iesus the Scribes and Pharises, which were of Hierusalem, saying,

    2Why do thy disciples transgresse the tradition of the Elders? For they wash not their hands when they eate bread.

  • Luke 12:1
    71%

    1In the meane time, there gathered together an innumerable multitude of people, so that they trode one another: and he began to say vnto his disciples first, Take heede to your selues of the leauen of the Pharises, which is hypocrisie.

  • Luke 20:46
    71%

    46Beware of the Scribes, which willingly go in long robes, and loue salutations in the markets, and the hiest seates in the assemblies, and the chiefe roomes at feastes:

  • Isa 28:8
    71%

    8For all their tables are full of filthy vomiting: no place is cleane.

  • Matt 22:18
    71%

    18But Iesus perceiued their wickednes, and sayd, Why tempt ye me, ye hypocrites?

  • Mark 7:23
    71%

    23All these euill things come from within, and defile a man.

  • Mark 12:38-40
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    70%

    38Moreouer he saide vnto them in his doctrine, Beware of the Scribes which loue to goe in long robes, & loue salutations in the markets,

    39And the chiefe seates in the Synagogues, and the first roumes at feastes,

    40Which deuoure widowes houses, euen vnder a colour of long prayers. These shall receiue the greater damnation.

  • Matt 23:32
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    32Fulfill ye also ye measure of your fathers.

  • Luke 11:46
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    46And he sayde, Wo be to you also, yee Lawyers: for yee lade men with burdens grieuous to be borne, and yee your selues touche not the burdens with one of your fingers.

  • Luke 6:25
    69%

    25Wo be to you that are full: for ye shall hunger. Wo be to you that now laugh: for ye shal wayle and weepe.

  • Matt 15:20
    69%

    20These are the things, which defile the man: but to eat with vnwashen hands, defileth not ye man.

  • Matt 15:11
    69%

    11That which goeth into the mouth, defileth not the man, but that which commeth out of the mouth, that defileth the man.

  • Matt 6:16
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    16Moreouer, when ye fast, looke not sowre as the hypocrites: for they disfigure their faces, that they might seeme vnto men to fast. Verely I say vnto you, that they haue their rewarde.