Matthew 23:14

Jesus Condemns Their Hypocrisy

¹³ “But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You lock up the kingdom of heaven from people. For you don’t go in, and you don’t allow those entering to go in. ¹⁴ [“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You devour widows’ houses and make long prayers just for show. This is why you will receive a harsher punishment.] ¹⁵ “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You travel over land and sea to make one proselyte, and when he becomes one, you make him twice as fit for hell as you are!

Kingdom of Heaven

Scribes and Pharisees

Teachers of the Law

Woe to You

No

Pharisees

Mark 12:40

They devour widows’ houses and say long prayers just for show. These will receive harsher punishment.”

Luke 20:47

They devour widows’ houses and say long prayers just for show. These will receive greater punishment.”

Exodus 22:22-24

“You must not mistreat any widow or fatherless child.

Job 22:9

You sent widows away empty-handed,
and the strength of the fatherless was crushed.

Job 31:16-20

If I have refused the wishes of the poor
or let the widow’s eyes go blind,

Matthew 11:24

But I tell you, it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom on the day of judgment than for you.”

Matthew 23:33-36

“Snakes! Brood of vipers! How can you escape being condemned to hell?

Luke 12:48

But the one who did not know and did things deserving of blows will be beaten lightly. Much will be required of everyone who has been given much. And even more will be expected of the one who has been entrusted with more.

2 Timothy 3:6

For among them are those who worm their way into households and capture idle women burdened down with sins, led along by a variety of passions,

Titus 1:10-11

For there are also many rebellious people, full of empty talk and deception, especially those from Judaism.

James 3:1

Not many should become teachers, my brothers, knowing that we will receive a stricter judgment,

2 Peter 2:3

They will exploit you in their greed with deceptive words. Their condemnation, pronounced long ago, is not idle, and their destruction does not sleep.

2 Peter 2:14-15

They have eyes full of adultery and are always looking for sin. They seduce unstable people and have hearts trained in greed. Children under a curse!