Thematic Bible: Hypocrisy, an ever present element in false religion


Thematic Bible



But the Lord gave him an answer and said, O you false men! do you not, every one of you, on the Sabbath, let loose his ox and his ass and take it to the water?




O false ones! the face of the earth and the heaven is clear to you; how is it that the signs of these times are not as clear to you?

And will have him cut in two, and will give him a part in the fate of the false ones: there will be weeping and cries of sorrow.

But a curse is on you, scribes and Pharisees, false ones! because you are shutting the kingdom of heaven against men: for you do not go in yourselves, and those who are going in, you keep back.


How will you say to your brother, Brother, let me take the grain of dust out of your eye, when you yourself do not see the bit of wood in your eye? O false one! first take the wood out of your eye and then you will see clearly to take the dust out of your brother's eye.


At that time, when thousands of the people had come together, in such numbers that they were crushing one another, he said first to his disciples, Have nothing to do with the leaven of the Pharisees, which is deceit.



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

For as the thoughts of his heart are, so is he: Take food and drink, he says to you; but his heart is not with you.

When he says fair words, have no belief in him; for in his heart are seven evils:


Basic English, produced by Mr C. K. Ogden of the Orthological Institute - public domain