Matthew 23:13-28 - Jesus Condemns Their Hypocrisy
13 But wo to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites; for ye shut the kingdom of heaven against men: ye go not in, neither suffer ye them that are entring to go in.
14 Wo to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites: for ye devour widows houses, and for a pretence make long prayers; therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation.
15 Wo to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites: for ye compass sea and land, to make one proselyte, and when he is become so, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves.
16 Wo to you, ye blind guides; who say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is bound. 17 Ye fools and blind: for which is greater? The gold? Or the temple that sanctifieth the gold? 18 And whosoever shall swear by the altar, ye say, it is nothing: but whosoever shall swear by the gift that is upon it, is bound. 19 Ye fools and blind; for which is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth the gift? 20 He therefore that sweareth by the altar, sweareth by it and by all things thereon. 21 And he that sweareth by the temple, sweareth by it and by him that dwelleth therein. 22 And he that sweareth by heaven, sweareth by the throne of God, and by him that sitteth thereon.
23 Wo to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites; for ye pay tithe of mint, and anise, and cummin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to have neglected the others. 24 Ye blind guides, who strain out a gnat, and swallow a camel.
25 Wo to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for ye cleanse the outside of the cup and of the dish; but within they are full of rapine and intemperance. 26 Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first, the inside of the cup and dish, that the outside of them may be clean also.
27 Wo to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites; for ye are like whited sepulchres, which outwardly indeed appear beautiful, but within are full of dead men's bones and of all uncleanness. 28 So ye likewise outwardly appear righteous to men; but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.