Matthew 23:27
Wo 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.
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- Acts 23:3 : 3 Then sayd Paul to him, God will smite thee, thou whited wall: for thou sittest to iudge me according to the Lawe, and transgressing the Lawe, commaundest thou me to be smitten?
- Luke 11:44 : 44 Wo be to you, Scribes and Pharises, hypocrites: for ye are as graues which appeare not, and the men that walke ouer them, perceiue not.
- Num 19:16 : 16 Also whosoeuer toucheth one that is slaine with a sworde in the fielde, or a dead person, or a bone of a dead man, or a graue, shall be vncleane seuen dayes.
- Isa 58:1-2 : 1 Crye aloude, spare not: lift vp thy voyce like a trumpet, and shewe my people their transgression, and to the house of Iaakob, their sinnes. 2 Yet they seeke me dayly, and will knowe my wayes, euen as a nation that did righteously, and had not forsaken the statutes of their God: they aske of me the ordinances of iustice: they wil drawe neere vnto God, saying,
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- Matt 23:28-303 verses89%
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,
30And say, If we had bene in the dayes of our fathers, we would not haue bene partners with them in the blood of the Prophets.
- Matt 23:23-264 verses87%
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.
25Wo 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.
26Thou blinde Pharise, cleanse first the inside of the cup and platter, that the outside of them may be cleane also.
- Luke 11:39-4810 verses85%
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.
45Then answered one of the Lawyers, and saide vnto him, Master, thus saying thou puttest vs to rebuke also.
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.
47Wo be to you: for ye builde the sepulchres of the Prophetes, and your fathers killed them.
48Truely ye beare witnesse, and allowe the deedes of your fathers: for they killed them, and yee build their sepulchres.
- Matt 23:13-175 verses78%
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?
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7O hypocrites, Esaias prophecied well of you, saying,
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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.
- Mark 7:5-62 verses72%
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 23:2-54 verses71%
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,
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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.
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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.
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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.
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18But Iesus perceiued their wickednes, and sayd, Why tempt ye me, ye hypocrites?
- Luke 20:46-472 verses68%
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:
47Which deuoure widowes houses, and in shewe make long prayers: These shall receiue greater damnation.
- Luke 6:25-262 verses68%
25Wo be to you that are full: for ye shall hunger. Wo be to you that now laugh: for ye shal wayle and weepe.
26Wo be to you when all men speake well of you: for so did their fathers to the false prophets.
- Matt 23:32-343 verses68%
32Fulfill ye also ye measure of your fathers.
33O serpents, the generation of vipers, howe should ye escape the damnation of hell!
34Wherefore beholde, I send vnto you Prophets, and wise men, and Scribes, and of them ye shall kill and crucifie: and of them shall ye scourge in your Synagogues, and persecute from citie to citie,
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23All these euill things come from within, and defile a man.
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40Which deuoure widowes houses, euen vnder a colour of long prayers. These shall receiue the greater damnation.
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1Then came to Iesus the Scribes and Pharises, which were of Hierusalem, saying,
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56Hypocrites, ye can discerne the face of the earth, and of the skie: but why discerne ye not this time?
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42Either howe canst thou say to thy brother, Brother, let me pull out the mote that is in thine eye, when thou seest not the beame that is in thine owne eye? Hypocrite, cast out the beame out of thine owne eye first, and then shalt thou see, perfectly to pull out the mote that is in thy brothers eye.
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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.
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15Beware of false prophets, which come to you, in sheepes clothing, but inwardly they are rauening wolues.
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23But if thine eye be wicked, then all thy body shalbe darke. Wherefore if the light that is in thee, be darkenes, howe great is that darkenesse?
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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.