Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
O blind Pharisee, cleanse first the inside of the cup, and side dish of sweetmeats, that also their outside might be clean.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first that which is within the cup and platter, that the outside of them may be clean also.
Holman Bible
International Standard Version
You blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup, so that its outside may also be clean.
A Conservative Version
Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first the inside of the cup and of the platter, so that the outside of them may also become clean.
American Standard Version
Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first the inside of the cup and of the platter, that the outside thereof may become clean also.
Amplified
An Understandable Version
You blind Pharisees! First wash the inside of the cup and dish, so [then] the outside will be clean also.
Anderson New Testament
Blind Pharisee! first make clean the inside of the cup and the plate, that the outside of them also may be clean.
Bible in Basic English
You blind Pharisee, first make clean the inside of the cup and of the plate, so that the outside may become equally clean.
Common New Testament
Blind Pharisee! First cleanse the inside of the cup and dish, that the outside of them may be clean also.
Daniel Mace New Testament
thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first the inside of the cup and plate, that the outside may be likewise clean.
Darby Translation
Blind Pharisee, make clean first the inside of the cup and of the dish, that their outside also may become clean.
Godbey New Testament
Ye blind Pharisee, first purify the inside of the cup, in order that its outside may be clean.
Goodspeed New Testament
You blind Pharisee! You must first clean the inside of the cup and the dish, so that the outside may be clean too.
John Wesley New Testament
Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first, the inside of the cup and dish, that the outside of them may be clean also.
King James 2000
You blind Pharisee, cleanse first that which is within the cup and platter, that the outside of them may be clean also.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and the dish, so that the outside of it may become clean also.
Modern King James verseion
Blind Pharisee! First cleanse the inside of the cup and of the dish, so that the outside of them may be clean also.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first, that the inside of the cup and the platter, that the outside of them may also be clean.
Moffatt New Testament
Blind Pharisee! first clean the inside of the cup, so that the outside may be clean as well.
Montgomery New Testament
"You blind Pharisees, first clean the inside of the cup and of the plate, so that the outside of it may be clean also.
NET Bible
Blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup, so that the outside may become clean too!
New Heart English Bible
You blind Pharisee, first clean the inside of the cup and of the platter, that its outside may become clean also.
Noyes New Testament
Blind Pharisee! cleanse first the inside of the cup, that its outside side also may become clean.
Sawyer New Testament
Blind Pharisee! cleanse first that which is in the cup and platter, that its outside may be clean also.
The Emphasized Bible
Blind Pharisee! cleanse, first, the inside, of the cup and of the dish, that, the outside thereof, may become, clean.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
Thou blind Pharisee! cleanse first the inside of the cup and dish, that their outside may become clean also.
Twentieth Century New Testament
You blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and the dish, so that the outside may become clean as well.
Webster
Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first that which is within the cup and platter, that the outside of them may be clean also.
Weymouth New Testament
Blind Pharisee, first wash clean the inside of the cup or dish, and then the outside will be clean also.
Williams New Testament
You blind Pharisees! You must first clean the inside of the cup and the dish, so that the outside may be clean too.
World English Bible
You blind Pharisee, first clean the inside of the cup and of the platter, that its outside may become clean also.
Worrell New Testament
Blind Pharisees! cleanse first the inside of the cup and of the dish, that its outside also may become clean.
Worsley New Testament
thou blind pharisee, cleanse first the inside of the cup and of the dish, that the outside of them may be also clean.
Youngs Literal Translation
'Blind Pharisee! cleanse first the inside of the cup and the plate, that the outside of them also may become clean.
Themes
spiritual Blindness » The self-righteous are in
Cleanness » Who cleanses the outside of the cup, but not the inside
Ecclesiasticism » Jewish, rebuked by jesus
Hypocrites » Described as » Wilfully blind
Pharisees » Hypocrisy of, reproved » By jesus
Pharisees » Christ » Denounced woes against
Satire » Of jesus against hypocrites
Self-righteousness » Is vain because our righteousness is » But external
Topics
Interlinear
Word Count of 37 Translations in Matthew 23:26
Verse Info
Context Readings
Jesus Condemns Their Hypocrisy
25 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye cleanse the outside of the cup, and the side dish of sweet-meats, and within they are full of pillage and bad mixture. 26 O blind Pharisee, cleanse first the inside of the cup, and side dish of sweetmeats, that also their outside might be clean. 27 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like whitewashed tombs, which without indeed appear beautiful, but within are full of the bones of the dead, and of all uncleanness.
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Isaiah 55:7
The unjust one shall forsake his way, and the man of vanity his purposes, and turn back to Jehovah, and he will pity him, and to our God, for he will multiply to forgive.
Jeremiah 4:14
O Jerusalem, wash from evil to thy heart so that thou shalt be saved. How long shall purposes of thy vanity lodge in the midst of thee?
Jeremiah 13:27
Thine adulteries and thy neighings, the purpose of thy harlotry upon the hills, in the field, I saw thine abominations. Wo to thee, O Jerusalem thou wilt not be cleansed after me; how long yet?
Ezekiel 18:31
Cast away from you all your transgressions which ye transgressed against me, and make to you a new heart and a new spirit: and wherefore will ye die, O house of Israel?
Matthew 12:33
Either make the tree good, and its fruit good; or make the tree rotten, and its fruit rotten; for the tree is known by its fruit.
Luke 6:45
The good man out of the good treasure of his heart, brings forward the good thing; and the evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart, brings forward the evil thing: for out of the abundance of the heart does his month speak.
2 Corinthians 7:1
Therefore having these declarations, dearly let us cleanse ourselves from all defilements of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
Hebrews 10:22
Let us approach with a true heart in complete certainty of faith, having our hearts besprinkled from an evil consciousness, and having our bodies washed with pure water.
James 4:8
Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse the hands, ye sinful; and purify the hearts, ye double souled.