Matthew 23:27
`Wo to you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye are like to whitewashed sepulchres, which outwardly indeed do appear beautiful, and within are full of bones of dead men, and of all uncleanness;
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- Acts 23:3 : 3 then Paul said unto him, `God is about to smite thee, thou whitewashed wall, and thou -- thou dost sit judging me according to the law, and, violating law, dost order me to be smitten!'
- Luke 11:44 : 44 `Wo to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because ye are as the unseen tombs, and the men walking above have not known.'
- Num 19:16 : 16 `And every one who cometh, on the face of the field, against the pierced of a sword, or against the dead, or against a bone of man, or against a grave, is unclean seven days;
- Isa 58:1-2 : 1 Call with the throat, restrain not, As a trumpet lift up thy voice, And declare to My people their transgression, And to the house of Jacob their sins; 2 Seeing -- Me day by day they seek, And the knowledge of My ways they desire, As a nation that righteousness hath done, And the judgment of its God hath not forsaken, They ask of me judgments of righteousness, The drawing near of God they desire:
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28so also ye outwardly indeed do appear to men righteous, and within ye are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.
29`Wo to you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, and adorn the tombs of the righteous,
30and say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.
- Matt 23:23-264 verses87%
23`Wo to you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye give tithe of the mint, and the dill, and the cumin, and did neglect the weightier things of the Law -- the judgment, and the kindness, and the faith; these it behoved `you' to do, and those not to neglect.
24`Blind guides! who are straining out the gnat, and the camel are swallowing.
25`Wo to you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye make clean the outside of the cup and the plate, and within they are full of rapine and incontinence.
26`Blind Pharisee! cleanse first the inside of the cup and the plate, that the outside of them also may become clean.
- Luke 11:39-4810 verses85%
39And the Lord said unto him, `Now do ye, the Pharisees, the outside of the cup and of the plate make clean, but your inward part is full of rapine and wickedness;
40unthinking! did not He who made the outside also the inside make?
41But what ye have give ye `as' alms, and, lo, all things are clean to you.
42`But wo to you, the Pharisees, because ye tithe the mint, and the rue, and every herb, and ye pass by the judgment, and the love of God; these things it behoveth to do, and those not to be neglecting.
43`Wo to you, the Pharisees, because ye love the first seats in the synagogues, and the salutations in the market-places.
44`Wo to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because ye are as the unseen tombs, and the men walking above have not known.'
45And one of the lawyers answering, saith to him, `Teacher, these things saying, us also thou dost insult;'
46and he said, `And to you, the lawyers, wo! because ye burden men with burdens grievous to be borne, and ye yourselves with one of your fingers do not touch the burdens.
47`Wo to you, because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and your fathers killed them.
48Then do ye testify, and are well pleased with the works of your fathers, because they indeed killed them, and ye do build their tombs;
- Matt 23:13-175 verses78%
13`Wo to you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye shut up the reign of the heavens before men, for ye do not go in, nor those going in do ye suffer to enter.
14`Wo to you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye eat up the houses of the widows, and for a pretence make long prayers, because of this ye shall receive more abundant judgment.
15`Wo to you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye go round the sea and the dry land to make one proselyte, and whenever it may happen -- ye make him a son of gehenna twofold more than yourselves.
16`Wo to you, blind guides, who are saying, Whoever may swear by the sanctuary, it is nothing, but whoever may swear by the gold of the sanctuary -- is debtor!
17Fools and blind! for which `is' greater, the gold, or the sanctuary that is sanctifying the gold?
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7`Hypocrites, well did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying,
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15and he said to them, `Ye are those declaring yourselves righteous before men, but God doth know your hearts; because that which among men is high, `is' abomination before God;
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5Then question him do the Pharisees and the scribes, `Wherefore do thy disciples not walk according to the tradition of the elders, but with unwashed hands do eat the bread?'
6and he answering said to them -- `Well did Isaiah prophesy concerning you, hypocrites, as it hath been written, This people with the lips doth honor Me, and their heart is far from Me;
- Matt 23:2-54 verses71%
2saying, `On the seat of Moses sat down the scribes and the Pharisees;
3all, then, as much as they may say to you to observe, observe and do, but according to their works do not, for they say, and do not;
4for they bind together burdens heavy and grievous to be borne, and lay upon the shoulders of men, but with their finger they will not move them.
5`And all their works they do to be seen by men, and they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the fringes of their garments,
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1At which time the myriads of the multitude having been gathered together, so as to tread upon one another, he began to say unto his disciples, first, `Take heed to yourselves of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy;
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5Hypocrite, cast out first the beam out of thine own eye, and then thou shalt see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye.
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20`For I say to you, that if your righteousness may not abound above that of the scribes and Pharisees, ye may not enter to the reign of the heavens.
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18And Jesus having known their wickedness, said, `Why me do ye tempt, hypocrites?
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46`Take heed of the scribes, who are wishing to walk in long robes, and are loving salutations in the markets, and first seats in the synagogues, and first couches in the suppers,
47who devour the houses of the widows, and for a pretence make long prayers, these shall receive more abundant judgment.'
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25`Wo to you who have been filled -- because ye shall hunger. `Wo to you who are laughing now -- because ye shall mourn and weep.
26`Wo to you when all men shall speak well of you -- for according to these things were their fathers doing to false prophets.
- Matt 23:32-343 verses68%
32and ye -- ye fill up the measure of your fathers.
33`Serpents! brood of vipers! how may ye escape from the judgment of the gehenna?
34`Because of this, lo, I send to you prophets, and wise men, and scribes, and of them ye will kill and crucify, and of them ye will scourge in your synagogues, and will pursue from city to city;
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23all these evils do come forth from within, and they defile the man.'
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40who are devouring the widows' houses, and for a pretense are making long prayers; these shall receive more abundant judgment.'
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1Then come unto Jesus do they from Jerusalem -- scribes and Pharisees -- saying,
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15`But, take heed of the false prophets, who come unto you in sheep's clothing, and inwardly are ravening wolves.
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23but if thine eye may be evil, all thy body shall be dark; if, therefore, the light that `is' in thee is darkness -- the darkness, how great!
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8for, having put away the command of God, ye hold the tradition of men, baptisms of pots and cups; and many other such like things ye do.'