Thematic Bible




Matthew 23:1 (show verse)

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

saying, The scribes and Pharisees sit in Moses' seat.

Matthew 23:3 (show verse)

All things therefore which they tell you, do and keep. But do not their works. For they say and do not,

Matthew 23:4 (show verse)

but bind heavy burdens and put them on the shoulders of men, but will not move them with their finger.

Matthew 23:5 (show verse)

And they do all their works to be seen by men. For they make broad their prayer fillets, and enlarge the fringes,

Matthew 23:6 (show verse)

and love the first tables at feasts, and the first seats in the synagogues,

Matthew 23:7 (show verse)

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

Matthew 23:8 (show verse)

But do not you be called Rabbi; For one is your teacher, and you are all brothers.

Matthew 23:9 (show verse)

And call no man your father on the earth, for one is your heavenly Father.

Matthew 23:10 (show verse)

Neither be called leaders, for one is your leader, the Christ.

Matthew 23:11 (show verse)

But the greatest of you shall be your servant,

Matthew 23:12 (show verse)

and whoever exalts himself shall be humbled, and he that humbles himself shall be exalted.

Matthew 23:13 (show verse)

But woe to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you shut up the kingdom of heaven before men; for you enter not into it, neither do you suffer those entering to go in.

Matthew 23:14 (show verse)

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Matthew 23:15 (show verse)

Woe to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you compass the sea and the dry land to make one proselyte; and when he is gained you make him twice as much a child of hell as yourselves.

Matthew 23:16 (show verse)

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

Matthew 23:17 (show verse)

Fools and blind! for which is greater, the gold, or the temple which sanctifies the gold?

Matthew 23:18 (show verse)

If a man swears by the altar, it is nothing; but if be swears by the gift which is on it, he is bound.

Matthew 23:19 (show verse)

Fools and blind! For which is greater, the gift, or the altar which sanctifies the gift?

Matthew 23:20 (show verse)

He then that swears by the altar, swears by it, and by all things on it;

Matthew 23:21 (show verse)

and he that swears by the temple, swears by it, and by him that inhabits it;

Matthew 23:22 (show verse)

and he that swears by heaven, swears by the throne of God, and by him that sits on it.

Matthew 23:23 (show verse)

Woe to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint, and anise, and cummin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law, justice, mercy, and faith. These you ought to do, and not neglect the others.

Matthew 23:24 (show verse)

Blind guides! who strain out a gnat and swallow down a camel.

Matthew 23:25 (show verse)

Woe to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you cleanse the outside of the cup and platter, but within they are full of plunder and excess.

Matthew 23:26 (show verse)

Blind Pharisee! cleanse first that which is in the cup and platter, that its outside may be clean also.

Matthew 23:27 (show verse)

Woe to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs, which appear fair without, but within are full of the bones of the dead and of all impurity.

Matthew 23:28 (show verse)

So also you on the outside appear just to men, but within you are full of hypocrisy and wickedness.

Matthew 23:29 (show verse)

Woe to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you build the tombs of the prophets, and adorn the tombs of the righteous,

Matthew 23:30 (show verse)

and say, If we had been 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)

So that you testify to yourselves that you are children of those who killed the prophets;

Matthew 23:32 (show verse)

and you have filled up the measure of your fathers.

Matthew 23:33 (show verse)

Serpents, offspring of vipers! How can 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, behold, I send you prophets, and 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 all the righteous blood shed on the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zachariah, son of Bararchiah, whom you killed between the temple and the altar, may come upon you.

Matthew 23:36 (show verse)

I tell you truly, that all these [crimes] shall come on this generation.

Matthew 23:37 (show verse)

Jerusalem, Jerusalem, killing the prophets, and stoning those sent to you, how often would I have gathered your children together, as a bird gathers her brood under her wings, but you would not!

Matthew 23:38 (show verse)

Behold, your house is left to you desolate;

Matthew 23:39 (show verse)

for I tell you that you shall not see me henceforth, till you say, Blessed is he that comes in the name of the Lord!