Matthew 23:13-28 - Jesus Condemns Their Hypocrisy
13 Woe to you, scholars and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because ye close up the kingdom of the heavens ahead of men. For ye enter not in, nor do ye allow those who are entering to enter in.
14 But woe to you, scholars and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because ye devour widows' houses, and praying long in pretence. Because of this ye will receive greater condemnation.
15 Woe to you, scholars and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because ye encompass the sea and the land to make one proselyte, and when it happens, ye make him twice more a son of hell than yourselves.
16 Woe to you, ye blind guides, who say, Whoever may swear by the temple, it is nothing, but whoever may swear by the gold of the temple, he is obligated. 17 Ye foolish and blind men, for which is greater, the gold, or the temple that makes the gold sacred? 18 And, Whoever may swear by the altar, it is nothing, but whoever may swear by the gift upon it, he is obligated. 19 Ye foolish and blind men, for which is greater, the gift, or the altar that makes the gift sacred? 20 He therefore who swears by the altar, swears by it, and by all things on it. 21 And he who swears by the temple, swears by it, and by him who dwells in it. 22 And he who swears by heaven, swears by the throne of God, and by him who sits upon it.
23 Woe to you, scholars and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because ye tithe the mint and the anise and the cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law--justice and mercy and faith. These things must be done, and not neglecting t 24 Ye blind guides, who strain out the gnat, and swallow the camel.
25 Woe to you, scholars and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because ye cleanse the outside of the cup and of the platter, but inside they are full of plunder and unrighteousness. 26 Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first the inside of the cup and of the platter, so that the outside of them may also become clean.
27 Woe to you, scholars and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because ye are like whitewashed tombs, which indeed appear beautiful outwardly, but inside are full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness. 28 In this way also, ye indeed outwardly appear righteous to men, but inside ye are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.