Matthew 23:25

Authorized King James Version (1611)

‹Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess.›

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  • Luke 11:39-40 : 39 And the Lord said unto him, ‹Now do ye Pharisees make clean the outside of the cup and the platter; but your inward part is full of ravening and wickedness.› 40 [Ye] ‹fools, 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 proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:› 20 ‹These are› [the things] ‹which defile a man: but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not a man.›
  • Mark 7:4-9 : 4 And [when they come] from the market, except they wash, they eat not. And many other things there be, which they have received to hold, [as] the washing of cups, and pots, brasen vessels, and of tables. 5 Then the Pharisees and scribes asked him, Why walk not thy disciples according to the tradition of the elders, but eat bread with unwashen hands? 6 He answered and said unto them, ‹Well hath Esaias prophesied of you hypocrites, as it is written, This people honoureth me with› [their] ‹lips, but their heart is far from me.› 7 ‹Howbeit in vain do they worship me, teaching› [for] ‹doctrines the commandments of men.› 8 ‹For laying aside the commandment of God, ye hold the tradition of men,› [as] ‹the washing of pots and cups: and many other such like things ye do.› 9 And he said unto them, ‹Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition.› 10 ‹For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, Whoso curseth father or mother, let him die the death:› 11 ‹But ye say, If a man shall say to his father or mother,› [It is] ‹Corban, that is to say, a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me;› [he shall be free]. 12 ‹And ye suffer him no more to do ought for his father or his mother;› 13 ‹Making the word of God of none effect through your tradition, which ye have delivered: and many such like things do ye.›
  • Isa 28:7-8 : 7 But they also have erred through wine, and through strong drink are out of the way; the priest and the prophet have erred through strong drink, they are swallowed up of wine, they are out of the way through strong drink; they err in vision, they stumble [in] judgment. 8 For all tables are full of vomit [and] filthiness, [so that there is] no place [clean].

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  • Matt 23:26-29
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    26[Thou] ‹blind Pharisee, cleanse first that› [which is] ‹within the cup and platter, that the outside of them may be clean also.›

    27‹Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead› [men's] ‹bones, and of all uncleanness.›

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

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

  • Luke 11:38-44
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    38And when the Pharisee saw [it], he marvelled that he had not first washed before dinner.

    39And the Lord said unto him, ‹Now do ye Pharisees make clean the outside of the cup and the platter; but your inward part is full of ravening and wickedness.›

    40[Ye] ‹fools, did not he that made that which is without make that which is within also?›

    41‹But rather give alms of such things as ye have; and, behold, all things are clean unto you.›

    42‹But woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye tithe mint and rue and all manner of herbs, and pass over judgment and the love of God: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.›

    43‹Woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye love the uppermost seats in the synagogues, and greetings in the markets.›

    44‹Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are as graves which appear not, and the men that walk over› [them] ‹are not aware› [of them].

  • Matt 23:23-24
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    23‹Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier› [matters] ‹of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.›

    24[Ye] ‹blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel.›

  • Matt 23:13-17
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    13¶ ‹But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in› [yourselves], ‹neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in.›

    14‹Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation.›

    15‹Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves.›

    16‹Woe unto you,› [ye] ‹blind guides, which say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor!›

    17[Ye] ‹fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifieth the gold?›

  • Luke 16:14-15
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    14And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things: and they derided him.

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

  • Matt 15:7
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    7[Ye] ‹hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying,›

  • Matt 23:2-6
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    2Saying, ‹The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat:›

    3‹All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe,› [that] ‹observe and do; but do not ye after their works: for they say, and do not.›

    4‹For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay› [them] ‹on men's shoulders; but they› [themselves] ‹will not move them with one of their fingers.›

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

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  • Mark 7:3-6
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    3For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash [their] hands oft, eat not, holding the tradition of the elders.

    4And [when they come] from the market, except they wash, they eat not. And many other things there be, which they have received to hold, [as] the washing of cups, and pots, brasen vessels, and of tables.

    5Then the Pharisees and scribes asked him, Why walk not thy disciples according to the tradition of the elders, but eat bread with unwashen hands?

    6He answered and said unto them, ‹Well hath Esaias prophesied of you hypocrites, as it is written, This people honoureth me with› [their] ‹lips, but their heart is far from me.›

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    20‹For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed› [the righteousness] ‹of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven.›

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    5‹Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye.›

  • Mark 7:8-9
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    8‹For laying aside the commandment of God, ye hold the tradition of men,› [as] ‹the washing of pots and cups: and many other such like things ye do.›

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  • Matt 15:1-2
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    1¶ Then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem, saying,

    2Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread.

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  • Matt 22:18
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    18But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, ‹Why tempt ye me,› [ye] ‹hypocrites?›

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    23‹All these evil things come from within, and defile the man.›

  • Mark 12:38-40
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    38And he said unto them in his doctrine, ‹Beware of the scribes, which love to go in long clothing, and› [love] ‹salutations in the marketplaces,›

    39‹And the chief seats in the synagogues, and the uppermost rooms at feasts:›

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    32‹Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers.›

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    20‹These are› [the things] ‹which defile a man: but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not a man.›

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    11‹Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.›

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    16¶ ‹Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.›