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


Thematic Bible



The Lord then answered him, and said, Thou hypocrite, doth not each one of you on the sabbath loose his ox or his ass from the stall, and lead him away to watering?




Ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky, and of the earth; but how is it, that ye do not discern this time?

And will cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees! hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering, to go in.


Either how canst thou say to thy brother, Brother, let me pull out the mote that is in thy eye, when thou thyself beholdest not the beam that is in thy own eye? Thou hypocrite, cast out first the beam out of thy own eye, and then shalt thou see clearly to pull out the mote that is in thy brother's eye.


In the mean time, when there was gathered an innumerable multitude of people, so that they trod one upon another, he began to say to his disciples first of all, Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.




For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart is not with thee.

When he speaketh fair, believe him not: for there are seven abominations in his heart.