Matthew 23:25
“Woe to you, experts in the law and you Pharisees, hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and the dish, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence.
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- Luke 11:39-40 : 39 But the Lord said to him,“Now you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and the plate, but inside you are full of greed and wickedness. 40 You fools! Didn’t the one who made the outside make the inside as well?
- Matt 15:19-20 : 19 For out of the heart come evil ideas, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, slander. 20 These are the things that defile a person; it is not eating with unwashed hands that defiles a person.”
- Mark 7:4-9 : 4 And when they come from the marketplace, they do not eat unless they wash. They hold fast to many other traditions: the washing of cups, pots, kettles, and dining couches.) 5 The Pharisees and the experts in the law asked him,“Why do your disciples not live according to the tradition of the elders, but eat with unwashed hands?” 6 He said to them,“Isaiah prophesied correctly about you hypocrites, as it is written:‘This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me. 7 They worship me in vain, teaching as doctrine the commandments of men.’ 8 Having no regard for the command of God, you hold fast to human tradition.” 9 He also said to them,“You neatly reject the commandment of God in order to set up your tradition. 10 For Moses said,‘Honor your father and your mother,’ and,‘Whoever insults his father or mother must be put to death.’ 11 But you say that if anyone tells his father or mother,‘Whatever help you would have received from me is corban’(that is, a gift for God), 12 then you no longer permit him to do anything for his father or mother. 13 Thus you nullify the word of God by your tradition that you have handed down. And you do many things like this.”
- Isa 28:7-8 : 7 Even these men stagger because of wine, they stumble around because of beer– priests and prophets stagger because of beer, they are confused because of wine, they stumble around because of beer; they stagger while seeing prophetic visions, they totter while making legal decisions. 8 Indeed, all the tables are covered with vomit, with filth, leaving no clean place.
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26Blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup, so that the outside may become clean too!
27“Woe to you, experts in the law and you Pharisees, hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs that look beautiful on the outside but inside are full of the bones of the dead and of everything unclean.
28In the same way, on the outside you look righteous to people, but inside you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.
29“Woe to you, experts in the law and you Pharisees, hypocrites! You build tombs for the prophets and decorate the graves of the righteous.
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38The Pharisee was astonished when he saw that Jesus did not first wash his hands before the meal.
39But the Lord said to him,“Now you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and the plate, but inside you are full of greed and wickedness.
40You fools! Didn’t the one who made the outside make the inside as well?
41But give from your heart to those in need, and then everything will be clean for you.
42“But woe to you Pharisees! You give a tenth of your mint, rue, and every herb, yet you neglect justice and love for God! But you should have done these things without neglecting the others.
43Woe to you Pharisees! You love the best seats in the synagogues and elaborate greetings in the marketplaces!
44Woe to you! You are like unmarked graves, and people walk over them without realizing it!”
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23“Woe to you, experts in the law and you Pharisees, hypocrites! You give a tenth of mint, dill, and cumin, yet you neglect what is more important in the law– justice, mercy, and faithfulness! You should have done these things without neglecting the others.
24Blind guides! You strain out a gnat yet swallow a camel!
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16“Woe to you, blind guides, who say,‘Whoever swears by the temple is bound by nothing. But whoever swears by the gold of the temple is bound by the oath.’
17Blind fools! Which is greater, the gold or the temple that makes the gold sacred?
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14More Warnings about the Pharisees The Pharisees(who loved money) heard all this and ridiculed him.
15But Jesus said to them,“You are the ones who justify yourselves in men’s eyes, but God knows your hearts. For what is highly prized among men is utterly detestable in God’s sight.
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7Hypocrites! Isaiah prophesied correctly about you when he said,
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2“The experts in the law and the Pharisees sit on Moses’ seat.
3Therefore pay attention to what they tell you and do it. But do not do what they do, for they do not practice what they teach.
4They tie up heavy loads, hard to carry, and put them on men’s shoulders, but they themselves are not willing even to lift a finger to move them.
5They do all their deeds to be seen by people, for they make their phylacteries wide and their tassels long.
6They love the place of honor at banquets and the best seats in the synagogues
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3(For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they perform a ritual washing, holding fast to the tradition of the elders.
4And when they come from the marketplace, they do not eat unless they wash. They hold fast to many other traditions: the washing of cups, pots, kettles, and dining couches.)
5The Pharisees and the experts in the law asked him,“Why do your disciples not live according to the tradition of the elders, but eat with unwashed hands?”
6He said to them,“Isaiah prophesied correctly about you hypocrites, as it is written:‘This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.
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20For I tell you, unless your righteousness goes beyond that of the experts in the law and the Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven!
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5You hypocrite! First remove the beam from your own eye, and then you can see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.
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8Having no regard for the command of God, you hold fast to human tradition.”
9He also said to them,“You neatly reject the commandment of God in order to set up your tradition.
- Matt 15:1-22 verses71%
1Breaking Human Traditions Then Pharisees and experts in the law came from Jerusalem to Jesus and said,
2“Why do your disciples disobey the tradition of the elders? For they don’t wash their hands when they eat.”
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1Fear God, Not People Meanwhile, when many thousands of the crowd had gathered so that they were 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.
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46“Beware of the experts in the law. They like walking around in long robes, and they love elaborate greetings in the marketplaces and the best seats in the synagogues and the places of honor at banquets.
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8Indeed, all the tables are covered with vomit, with filth, leaving no clean place.
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18But Jesus realized their evil intentions and said,“Hypocrites! Why are you testing me?
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23All these evils come from within and defile a person.”
- Mark 12:38-403 verses70%
38Warnings About Experts in the Law In his teaching Jesus also said,“Watch out for the experts in the law. They like walking around in long robes and elaborate greetings in the marketplaces,
39and the best seats in the synagogues and the places of honor at banquets.
40They devour widows’ property, and as a show make long prayers. These men will receive a more severe punishment.”
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32Fill up then the measure of your ancestors!
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46But Jesus replied,“Woe to you experts in religious law as well! You load people down with burdens difficult to bear, yet you yourselves refuse to touch the burdens with even one of your fingers!
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25“Woe to you who are well satisfied with food now, for you will be hungry.“Woe to you who laugh now, for you will mourn and weep.
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20These are the things that defile a person; it is not eating with unwashed hands that defiles a person.”
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11What defiles a person is not what goes into the mouth; it is what comes out of the mouth that defiles a person.”
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16Proper Fasting“When you fast, do not look sullen like the hypocrites, for they make their faces unattractive so that people will see them fasting. I tell you the truth, they have their reward!