Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

So you, too, outwardly appear righteous to men, but inwardly you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.

King James Version

Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.

Holman Bible

In the same way, on the outside you seem righteous to people, but inside you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.

International Standard Version

In the same way, on the outside you look righteous to people, but inside you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.

A Conservative Version

In this way also, ye indeed outwardly appear righteous to men, but inside ye are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.

American Standard Version

Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but inwardly ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.

Amplified

So you, also, outwardly seem to be just and upright to men, but inwardly you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.

An Understandable Version

Even so, you also appear on the outside to be doing right in front of people, but on the inside you are full of hypocrisy and sin.

Anderson New Testament

So also you outwardly appear to men to be just, but within you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.

Bible in Basic English

Even so you seem to men to be full of righteousness, but inside you are all false and full of wrongdoing.

Common New Testament

Even so you also outwardly appear righteous to men, but inside you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.

Daniel Mace New Testament

just so ye put on an air of probity in the sight of men, but within are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.

Darby Translation

Thus also ye, outwardly ye appear righteous to men, but within are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.

Godbey New Testament

So you also appear unto the people indeed righteous, but within you are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.

Goodspeed New Testament

So you outwardly appear to men to be upright, but within you are full of hypocrisy and wickedness.

John Wesley New Testament

So ye likewise outwardly appear righteous to men; but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.

Julia Smith Translation

So also ye without truly appear just to men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.

King James 2000

Even so you also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within you are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.

Lexham Expanded Bible

In the [same] way, on the outside you also appear righteous to people, but inside you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.

Modern King James verseion

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

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

So are ye, for outward ye appear righteous unto men, when within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.

Moffatt New Testament

So to men you seem just, but inside you are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.

Montgomery New Testament

"Just so you also outwardly appear to men, just, but within you are full of hypocrisy and wickedness.

NET Bible

In the same way, on the outside you look righteous to people, but inside you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.

New Heart English Bible

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

Noyes New Testament

Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous to men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.

Sawyer New Testament

So also you on the outside appear just to men, but within you are full of hypocrisy and wickedness.

The Emphasized Bible

Thus, ye also, outside, indeed, appear to men, righteous, but, within, are full, of hypocrisy and lawlessness.

Thomas Haweis New Testament

And just so, ye without indeed appear to men righteous, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.

Twentieth Century New Testament

It is the same with you. Outwardly, and to others, you have the look of religious men, but inwardly you are full of hypocrisy and sin.

Webster

Thus ye also outwardly appear righteous to men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.

Weymouth New Testament

The same is true of you: outwardly you seem to the human eye to be good and honest men, but, within, you are full of insincerity and disregard of God's Law.

Williams New Testament

So you, too, on the outside seem to people to be upright, but inside you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.

World English Bible

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

Worrell New Testament

So ye also outwardly, indeed, appear righteous to men; but within ye are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.

Worsley New Testament

so do ye likewise outwardly appear to men to be righteous, but within are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.

Youngs Literal Translation

so also ye outwardly indeed do appear to men righteous, and within ye are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
Even so
οὕτω 
Houto 
Usage: 146

ye
ὑμείς 
Humeis 
ye, ye yourselves, you, not tr
Usage: 120


and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
Usage: 0

ἔξωθεν 
Exothen 
Usage: 4

φαίνω 
Phaino 
Usage: 22

δίκαιος 
Dikaios 
Usage: 57

ἄνθρωπος 
Anthropos 
man, not tr,
Usage: 316

but
δέ 
De 
but, and, now, then, also, yet, yea, so, moreover, nevertheless, for, even, , not tr
Usage: 2184

ἔσωθεν 
Esothen 
Usage: 4

ye are
ἐστέ 
Este 
are, be, is, belong to, have been, not tr
Usage: 53

μεστός 
mestos 
Usage: 7

ὑπόκρισις 
Hupokrisis 
Usage: 5

and

and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
Usage: 0

References

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Morish

Watsons

Images Matthew 23:28

Prayers for Matthew 23:28

Context Readings

Jesus Condemns Their Hypocrisy

27 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs which on the outside appear beautiful, but inside they are full of dead men’s bones and all uncleanness. 28 So you, too, outwardly appear righteous to men, but inwardly you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness. 29 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you build the tombs of the prophets and adorn the monuments of the righteous,



Cross References

Matthew 23:5

But they do all their deeds to be noticed by men; for they broaden their phylacteries and lengthen the tassels of their garments.

1 Samuel 16:7

But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not look at his appearance or at the height of his stature, because I have rejected him; for God sees not as man sees, for man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.”

Psalm 51:6

Behold, You desire truth in the innermost being,
And in the hidden part You will make me know wisdom.

Jeremiah 17:9-10

“The heart is more deceitful than all else
And is desperately sick;
Who can understand it?

Matthew 12:34-35

You brood of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak what is good? For the mouth speaks out of that which fills the heart.

Matthew 15:19-20

For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, slanders.

Mark 7:21-23

For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed the evil thoughts, fornications, thefts, murders, adulteries,

Luke 16:15

And He said to them, “You are those who justify yourselves in the sight of men, but God knows your hearts; for that which is highly esteemed among men is detestable in the sight of God.

Hebrews 4:12-13

For the word of God is living and active and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing as far as the division of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and able to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

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