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Themes in Matthew 23
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Themes in Matthew 23

Matthew 23:1

Then spake Jesus to the people, and to his disciples,
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Matthew 23:2

saying, "The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat,

Matthew 23:3

All therefore, whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe and do: but after their works do not: for they say, and do not.

Matthew 23:4

Yea, and they bind heavy burdens, and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men's shoulders: but they themselves will not heave at them with one of their fingers.

Matthew 23:5

All their works they do, for to be seen of men. They set abroad their phylacteries, and make large borders on their garments,

Matthew 23:6

and love to sit uppermost at feasts, and to have the chief seats in the synagogues,

Matthew 23:7

and greetings in the markets, and to be called of men, 'Rabbi.'

Matthew 23:8

But ye shall not suffer yourselves to be called Rabbi, for one is your master, that is, to wit, Christ, and all ye are brethren.

Matthew 23:9

And call ye no man your father upon the earth, for there is but one, your father, and he is in heaven.

Matthew 23:10

Be not called masters, for there is but one, your master, and he is Christ.

Matthew 23:11

He that is greatest among you, shall be your servant.

Matthew 23:12

But whosoever exalteth himself, shall be brought low. And he that humbleth himself, shall be exalted.

Matthew 23:13

Woe be unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven before men: ye yourselves go not in, neither suffer ye them that come to enter in.

Matthew 23:14

Woe be unto you, scribes and Pharisees, for ye devour widows' houses: and that, under a colour of praying long prayers, wherefore ye shall receive greater damnation.

Matthew 23:15

Woe be unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for ye which compass sea and land, to bring one into your belief: and when he is brought, ye make him twofold more the child of hell, than ye yourselves are.

Matthew 23:16

Woe be unto you, blind guides, for ye which say, 'Whosoever swear by the temple, it is nothing: but whosoever swear by the gold of the temple, he offendeth.'

Matthew 23:17

Ye fools and blind: whether is greater; the gold, or the temple that sanctifieth the gold?

Matthew 23:18

And, 'Whosoever sweareth by the altar it is nothing: but whosoever sweareth by the offering that lieth on the altar offendeth.'

Matthew 23:19

Ye fools and blind: whether is greater; the offering, or the altar which sanctifieth the offering?

Matthew 23:20

Whosoever therefore sweareth by the altar, sweareth by it, and by all that thereon is.

Matthew 23:21

And whosoever sweareth by the temple, sweareth by it, and by him that dwelleth therein.

Matthew 23:22

And he that sweareth by heaven, sweareth by the seat of God, and by him that sitteth thereon.

Matthew 23:23

Woe be to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for ye which tithe mint, anise, and cumin, and leave the weightier matters of the law undone: judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to have left the other undone.

Matthew 23:24

Ye blind guides, which strain out a gnat, and swallow a camel.

Matthew 23:25

Woe be to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for ye which make clean the outer side of the cup, and of the platter: but within they are full of bribery and excess.

Matthew 23:26

Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first, that the inside of the cup and the platter, that the outside of them may also be clean.

Matthew 23:27

Woe be to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for ye are like unto painted tombs which appear beautiful outwards: but are within full of dead men's bones and of all filthiness.

Matthew 23:28

So are ye, for outward ye appear righteous unto men, when within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.

Matthew 23:29

Woe be unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for ye build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchers of the righteous

Matthew 23:30

and say, 'If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partners with them in the blood of the prophets.'

Matthew 23:31

So then: ye be witnesses unto yourselves, that ye are the children of them, which killed the prophets.

Matthew 23:32

Fulfill ye likewise the measure of your fathers:

Matthew 23:33

ye serpents and generation of vipers, how should ye escape the damnation of hell?

Matthew 23:34

"Wherefore, Behold, I send unto you prophets, wise men, and scribes. And of them: some shall ye kill and crucify, and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute from city to city;

Matthew 23:35

that upon you may come all the righteous blood that was shed upon the earth: from the blood of righteous Abel, unto the blood of Zachariah the son of Barachiah, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar:

Matthew 23:36

Verily I say unto you, all these things shall light upon this generation.

Matthew 23:37

Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest prophets, and stonest them which are sent to thee: how often would I have gathered thy children together, as the hen gathereth her chicks under her wings? But ye would not.

Matthew 23:38

Behold, Your habitation shall be left unto you desolate.

Matthew 23:39

For I say unto you, ye shall not see me henceforth, till that ye say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord."
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