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Matthew 23:1 (show verse)

Then Jesus spoke to the crowds and to his disciples,
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Matthew 23:2 (show verse)

saying, "Upon the seat of Moses the Pharisees and scribes sit.

Matthew 23:3 (show verse)

All which they will say unto you, observe and do; but their works do not do, because they say, and do not do.

Matthew 23:4 (show verse)

For they bind heavy burdens that are grievous to be borne, and lay them on men's shoulders; but they themselves will not lift a finger to help them.

Matthew 23:5 (show verse)

But all their works they do to be seen by others. They make their tefillin broad and enlarge the fringe of their garments,

Matthew 23:6 (show verse)

and love the place of honor at feasts, the best seats in the synagogues,

Matthew 23:7 (show verse)

the salutations in the marketplaces, and to be called 'Rabbi' by men.

Matthew 23:8 (show verse)

But you are not to be called 'Rabbi,' for one is your Teacher, and all of you are brothers.

Matthew 23:9 (show verse)

Call no man on the earth your father, for one is your Father, he who is in heaven.

Matthew 23:10 (show verse)

Neither be called masters, for one is your master, the Messiah.

Matthew 23:11 (show verse)

But he who is greatest among you will be your servant.

Matthew 23:12 (show verse)

Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.

Matthew 23:13 (show verse)

"But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites. Because you shut up the Kingdom of Heaven against men; for you do not enter in yourselves, neither do you allow those who are entering in to enter."

Matthew 23:14 (show verse)

15 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites. For you travel around by sea and land to make one proselyte; and when he becomes one, you make him twice as much of a son of hell as yourselves.

Matthew 23:15 (show verse)

Matthew 23:16 (show verse)

"Woe to you, you blind guides, who say, 'Whoever swears by the temple, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gold of the temple, he is obligated.'

Matthew 23:17 (show verse)

You blind fools. For which is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifies the gold?

Matthew 23:18 (show verse)

'Whoever swears by the altar, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gift that is on it, he is obligated?'

Matthew 23:19 (show verse)

You blind men. For which is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifies the gift?

Matthew 23:20 (show verse)

He therefore who swears by the altar, swears by it, and by everything on it.

Matthew 23:21 (show verse)

He who swears by the temple, swears by it, and by him who was living in it.

Matthew 23:22 (show verse)

He who swears by heaven, swears by the throne of God, and by him who sits on it.

Matthew 23:23 (show verse)

"Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites. For you tithe mint, dill, and cumin, and have left undone the weightier matters of the Law: justice, mercy, and faith. But you ought to have done these, and not to have left the other undone.

Matthew 23:24 (show verse)

You blind guides, who strain out a gnat, and swallow a camel.

Matthew 23:25 (show verse)

"Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites. For you clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and self-indulgence.

Matthew 23:26 (show verse)

You blind Pharisee, first clean the inside of the cup and of the platter, that its outside may become clean also.

Matthew 23:27 (show verse)

"Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites. For you are like whitened tombs, which outwardly appear beautiful, but inwardly are full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness.

Matthew 23:28 (show verse)

Even so you also outwardly appear righteous to men, but inwardly you are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.

Matthew 23:29 (show verse)

"Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites. For you build the tombs of the prophets, and decorate the tombs of the righteous,

Matthew 23:30 (show verse)

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

Matthew 23:31 (show verse)

Therefore you testify to yourselves that you are children of those who killed the prophets.

Matthew 23:32 (show verse)

Fill up, then, the measure of your fathers.

Matthew 23:33 (show verse)

You serpents, you offspring of vipers, how will you escape the judgment of hell?
Church » Corruption in
eternal Death » Is called » Damnation of hell
Ecclesiasticism » Jewish, rebuked by jesus
Escape » None, from the judgments of God
Eternal » For punishments, ancient modes of hell » Greek, gehenna), the place of punishment
Eternal » Wicked words of Christ concerning » Other references of Christ to
Everlasting » For punishments, ancient modes of hell » Greek, gehenna), the place of punishment
Everlasting » Future state of the wicked words of Christ concerning » Other references of Christ to
Gehenna » Greek, the place of punishment
Hell » Gehenna
Hell » In the rv the greek word "gehenna" is translated "hell" in the following scriptures
Judgments » No escape from
Pharisees » Hypocrisy of, reproved » By jesus
Pharisees » Christ » Denounced woes against
Pharisees » Christ » Called, serpents and generation of vipers
Punishment » Future state of the wicked words of Christ concerning » Other references of Christ to
Punishment of the The Wicked » Future described as » Damnation of hell
Satire » Of jesus against hypocrites
Serpents » Evil men compared to
Serpents » Illustrative » Of hypocrites
Sin » Defined » Denunciation of
Sin » No escape from the consequences of
Speech » Plainness of
Teachers » FALSE » Admonition against
the future » Punishment » Future state of the wicked » Hell » Greek, gehenna), the place of punishment
the future » Punishment future state of the wicked » Other references of Christ to
Titles and names of the wicked » Serpents
Viper » Figurative
Wicked people » Compared with » Serpents
Wicked, the, are compared to » Serpents
Words of Christ » Concerning the future state of the wicked » Other references of Christ to

Matthew 23:34 (show verse)

Therefore take notice, I send to you prophets, wise men, and scribes. Some of them you will kill and crucify; and some of them you will scourge in your synagogues, and persecute from city to city;

Matthew 23:35 (show verse)

that on you may come all the righteous blood shed on the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah son of Berechiah, whom you killed between the sanctuary and the altar.

Matthew 23:36 (show verse)

Truly I tell you, that all these things will come upon this generation.

Matthew 23:37 (show verse)

"Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets, and stones those who are sent to her. How often I would have gathered your children together, even as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you would not.

Matthew 23:38 (show verse)

Look, your house is left to you desolate.

Matthew 23:39 (show verse)

For I tell you, you will not see me from now on, until you say, 'Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.'"