Matthew 23:24

World English Bible (2000)

You blind guides, who strain out a gnat, and swallow a camel!

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  • Matt 19:24 : 24 Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through a needle's eye, than for a rich man to enter into the Kingdom of God."
  • Matt 15:2-6 : 2 "Why do your disciples disobey the tradition of the elders? For they don't wash their hands when they eat bread." 3 He answered them, "Why do you also disobey the commandment of God because of your tradition? 4 For God commanded, 'Honor your father and your mother,' and, 'He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him be put to death.' 5 But you say, 'Whoever may tell his father or his mother, "Whatever help you might otherwise have gotten from me is a gift devoted to God," 6 he shall not honor his father or mother.' You have made the commandment of God void because of your tradition.
  • Matt 27:6-8 : 6 The chief priests took the pieces of silver, and said, "It's not lawful to put them into the treasury, since it is the price of blood." 7 They took counsel, and bought the potter's field with them, to bury strangers in. 8 Therefore that field was called "The Field of Blood" to this day.
  • Luke 6:7-9 : 7 The scribes and the Pharisees watched him, to see whether he would heal on the Sabbath, that they might find an accusation against him. 8 But he knew their thoughts; and he said to the man who had the withered hand, "Rise up, and stand in the middle." He arose and stood. 9 Then Jesus said to them, "I will ask you something: Is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good, or to do harm? To save a life, or to kill?" 10 He looked around at them all, and said to the man, "Stretch out your hand." He did, and his hand was restored as sound as the other.
  • John 18:28 : 28 They led Jesus therefore from Caiaphas into the Praetorium. It was early, and they themselves didn't enter into the Praetorium, that they might not be defiled, but might eat the Passover.
  • John 18:40 : 40 Then they all shouted again, saying, "Not this man, but Barabbas!" Now Barabbas was a robber.
  • Matt 7:4 : 4 Or how will you tell your brother, 'Let me remove the speck from your eye;' and behold, the beam is in your own eye?
  • Matt 23:16 : 16 "Woe to you, you blind guides, who say, 'Whoever swears by the temple, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gold of the temple, he is obligated.'

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  • Matt 23:23
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    23 "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint, dill, and cumin, and have left undone the weightier matters of the law: justice, mercy, and faith. But you ought to have done these, and not to have left the other undone.

  • Matt 23:25-29
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    25 "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and unrighteousness.

    26 You blind Pharisee, first clean the inside of the cup and of the platter, that its outside may become clean also.

    27 "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitened tombs, which outwardly appear beautiful, but inwardly are full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness.

    28 Even so you also outwardly appear righteous to men, but inwardly you are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.

    29 "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you build the tombs of the prophets, and decorate the tombs of the righteous,

  • Matt 23:13-17
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    13 "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you devour widows' houses, and as a pretense you make long prayers. Therefore you will receive greater condemnation.

    14 "But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you shut up the Kingdom of Heaven against men; for you don't enter in yourselves, neither do you allow those who are entering in to enter.

    15 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you travel around by sea and land to make one proselyte; and when he becomes one, you make him twice as much of a son of Gehenna as yourselves.

    16 "Woe to you, you blind guides, who say, 'Whoever swears by the temple, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gold of the temple, he is obligated.'

    17 You blind fools! For which is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifies the gold?

  • Matt 23:2-5
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    2 saying, "The scribes and the Pharisees sat on Moses' seat.

    3 All things therefore whatever they tell you to observe, observe and do, but don't do their works; for they say, and don't do.

    4 For they bind heavy burdens that are grievous to be borne, and lay them on men's shoulders; but they themselves will not lift a finger to help them.

    5 But all their works they do to be seen by men. They make their phylacteries broad, enlarge the fringes of their garments,

  • Luke 11:41-44
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    41 But give for gifts to the needy those things which are within, and behold, all things will be clean to you.

    42 But woe to you Pharisees! For you tithe mint and rue and every herb, but you bypass justice and the love of God. You ought to have done these, and not to have left the other undone.

    43 Woe to you Pharisees! For you love the best seats in the synagogues, and the greetings in the marketplaces.

    44 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like hidden graves, and the men who walk over them don't know it."

  • Matt 15:14
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    14 Leave them alone. They are blind guides of the blind. If the blind guide the blind, both will fall into a pit."

  • Luke 11:39
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    39 The Lord said to him, "Now you Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup and of the platter, but your inward part is full of extortion and wickedness.

  • Luke 6:39
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    39 He spoke a parable to them. "Can the blind guide the blind? Won't they both fall into a pit?

  • Luke 11:46
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    46 He said, "Woe to you lawyers also! For you load men with burdens that are difficult to carry, and you yourselves won't even lift one finger to help carry those burdens.

  • Matt 19:24
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    24 Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through a needle's eye, than for a rich man to enter into the Kingdom of God."

  • Matt 7:3-6
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    3 Why do you see the speck that is in your brother's eye, but don't consider the beam that is in your own eye?

    4 Or how will you tell your brother, 'Let me remove the speck from your eye;' and behold, the beam is in your own eye?

    5 You hypocrite! First remove the beam out of your own eye, and then you can see clearly to remove the speck out of your brother's eye.

    6 "Don't give that which is holy to the dogs, neither throw your pearls before the pigs, lest perhaps they trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces.

  • Matt 23:32-34
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    32 Fill up, then, the measure of your fathers.

    33 You serpents, you offspring of vipers, how will you escape the judgment of Gehenna?

    34 Therefore, behold, I send to you prophets, wise men, and scribes. Some of them you will kill and crucify; and some of them you will scourge in your synagogues, and persecute from city to city;

  • Luke 20:46-47
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    46 "Beware of the scribes, who like to walk in long robes, and love greetings in the marketplaces, the best seats in the synagogues, and the best places at feasts;

    47 who devour widows' houses, and for a pretense make long prayers: these will receive greater condemnation."

  • Mark 12:39-40
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    39 and the best seats in the synagogues, and the best places at feasts:

    40 those who devour widows' houses, and for a pretense make long prayers. These will receive greater condemnation."

  • Mark 10:25
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    25 It is easier for a camel to go through a needle's eye than for a rich man to enter into the Kingdom of God."

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    7 You hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying,

  • Luke 6:41-42
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    41 Why do you see the speck of chaff that is in your brother's eye, but don't consider the beam that is in your own eye?

    42 Or how can you tell your brother, 'Brother, let me remove the speck of chaff that is in your eye,' when you yourself don't see the beam that is in your own eye? You hypocrite! First remove the beam from your own eye, and then you can see clearly to remove the speck of chaff that is in your brother's eye.

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    52 Woe to you lawyers! For you took away the key of knowledge. You didn't enter in yourselves, and those who were entering in, you hindered."

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    25 For it is easier for a camel to enter in through a needle's eye, than for a rich man to enter into the Kingdom of God."

  • Matt 23:19
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    19 You blind fools! For which is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifies the gift?

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    13 making void the word of God by your tradition, which you have handed down. You do many things like this."

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    1 Meanwhile, when a multitude of many thousands had gathered together, so much so that they trampled on each other, he began to tell his disciples first of all, "Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.

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    8 "For you set aside the commandment of God, and hold tightly to the tradition of men--the washing of pitchers and cups, and you do many other such things."

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    3 You eat the fat, and you clothe yourself with the wool, you kill the fatlings; but you don't feed the sheep.

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