wo unto you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, who pay tithe of mint, anise, and cummin, but neglect those more important matters of the law, justice, mercy, and fidelity: these were the things ye ought to have practis'd, without neglecting however the other matters.

O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, but ye would not!

Then Jesus addressing himself to the people, and to his disciples,

Wo unto you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, who prey upon the estates of widows, under the pretext of making long prayers; therefore ye shall be punish'd with the greater severity.

wo unto you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites; for ye are like whited sepulchres, which to outward appearance are fine. but within are full of dead mens bones, and all sort of filth.

don't stile any one among you, Father upon earth; for he alone is your father, who is in heaven.

But don't you assume that title, for you have but one doctor, who is the Christ; as for you, you are all brethren alike.

thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first the inside of the cup and plate, that the outside may be likewise clean.

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

wo unto you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites; because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the just,

children that can't fail to fill up the measure of your fathers iniquities.

wherefore I shall send you prophets, and wise men, and Scribes; you will kill some, and crucify others, many will ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from city to city.

whereby you yourselves own that ye are indeed the children of those who killed the prophets,

know, that your habitation shall be soon turned into a desert.

wo unto you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, who ransack sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is gain'd, ye make him deserve Gehenna much more than your selves.

their phylacterys are broader, and the fringes of their garments are larger than those of others:

wo unto you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites; for ye clean the outside of the cup, and of the plate, but within they are full of rapine and impurity.

for I tell you, after a while, ye shall not see me again, till ye shall cry out, "Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord."

ye serpents, ye brood of vipers, how can ye escape the punishment of Gehenna?

he that is greatest among you shall be your servant.

and say, if we had liv'd in the time of our forefathers, we would not have been accessory with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.

for they load men with intolerable impositions, and will not take the least pains to ease them of the burthen: they do nothing but out of ostentation,

ye blind guides, who strain your liquor for a gnat, and swallow a beetle.

therefore whatever moral precepts they bid you observe, those observe and practise; but don't follow their example: for they preach one thing, and practise another.

wo unto you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, who shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye not only refuse to go in your selves, but hinder those that would.

said, the Scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses's chair.

I declare unto you, all these things shall befall this generation.

for whosoever exalts himself, shall be abased; and he that humbles himself, shall be exalted.

wo unto you, ye blind guides, who say, if any man swear by the temple he is under no obligation: but if he swear by the gold of the temple, he is bound by his oath.

so that you maybe charg'd with all the innocent blood shed upon earth, from the blood of Abel the just, unto the blood of Zacharias, the son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar.

neither take the title of masters, for you have but one master, who is the Messias.

ye blind fools, which is most sacred, the treasure of the temple, or the temple that makes the treasure sacred?

they affect the uppermost place at feasts, the principal chair in the synagogues,

and he that swears by heaven, swears by the throne of God, and by him that sitteth thereon.

ye blind fools, which is most sacred, the gift, or the altar that makes the gift sacred?

to be saluted in publick places, and to have men address to them with the title of Doctor Doctor.

again, if any one swear by the altar he is under no engagement but if he swear by the gift that is upon it, he is bound thereby.

and whoever swears by the temple, swears by it, and by him that dwelleth therein.

whoever swears by the altar, swears not only by the altar, but by every thing upon it.