Parallel Verses
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.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.
Holman Bible
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
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.
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.
Themes
Burial » Places of » Tombs erected over
Cleanness » Who cleanses the outside of the cup, but not the inside
Ecclesiasticism » Jewish, rebuked by jesus
Hypocrisy » General references to
Pharisees » Hypocrisy of, reproved » By jesus
Pharisees » Christ » Denounced woes against
Religion » Hypocrisy, an ever present element in false religion » General references to
Satire » Of jesus against hypocrites
Self-righteousness » Is vain because our righteousness is » But external
Topics
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Esothen
References
Word Count of 37 Translations in Matthew 23:28
Images Matthew 23:28
Prayers for Matthew 23:28
Verse Info
Context Readings
Jesus Condemns Their Hypocrisy
27 A curse is on you, scribes and Pharisees, false ones! for you are like the resting-places of the dead, which are made white, and seem beautiful on the outside, but inside are full of dead men's bones and of all unclean things. 28 Even so you seem to men to be full of righteousness, but inside you are all false and full of wrongdoing. 29 A curse is on you, scribes and Pharisees, false ones! because you put up buildings for housing the dead bodies of the prophets, and make fair the last resting-places of good men, and say,
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Matthew 23:5
But all their works they do so as to be seen by men: for they make wide their phylacteries, and the edges of their robes,
1 Samuel 16:7
But the Lord said to Samuel, Do not take note of his face or how tall he is, because I will not have him: for the Lord's view is not man's; man takes note of the outer form, but the Lord sees the heart.
Psalm 51:6
Your desire is for what is true in the inner parts: in the secrets of my soul you will give me knowledge of wisdom.
Jeremiah 17:9-10
The heart is a twisted thing, not to be searched out by man: who is able to have knowledge of it?
Matthew 12:34-35
You offspring of snakes, how are you, being evil, able to say good things? because out of the heart's store come the words of the mouth.
Matthew 15:19-20
For out of the heart come evil thoughts, the taking of life, broken faith between the married, unclean desires of the flesh, taking of property, false witness, bitter words:
Mark 7:21-23
Because from inside, from the heart of men, come evil thoughts and unclean pleasures,
Luke 16:15
And he said, You take care to seem right in the eyes of men, but God sees your hearts: and those things which are important in the opinion of men, are evil in the eyes of God.
Hebrews 4:12-13
For the word of God is living and full of power, and is sharper than any two-edged sword, cutting through and making a division even of the soul and the spirit, the bones and the muscles, and quick to see the thoughts and purposes of the heart.