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Matthew 23:1 (show verse)

Then spake Jesus to the multitudes and to his disciples, saying, The scribes and Pharisees sit in the chair of Moses:
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Matthew 23:2 (show verse)

All things therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, observe and do;

Matthew 23:3 (show verse)

but do not ye after their works; for they say and do not.

Matthew 23:4 (show verse)

For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men's shoulders, but they will not move them with their finger.

Matthew 23:5 (show verse)

But all their works they do, to be seen of men: they make broad their phylacteries, and inlarge the fringes of their garments.

Matthew 23:6 (show verse)

And love the uppermost places at feasts, and the chief seats in the synagogues,

Matthew 23:7 (show verse)

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

Matthew 23:8 (show verse)

But be not ye called Rabbi; for one is your teacher, and all ye are brethren.

Matthew 23:9 (show verse)

And call no man your father on earth; for one is your Father, who is in heaven.

Matthew 23:10 (show verse)

Neither be ye called Masters; for one is your Master, even Christ.

Matthew 23:11 (show verse)

But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant.

Matthew 23:12 (show verse)

Whosoever shall exalt himself, shall be humbled, and he that shall humble himself, shall be exalted.

Matthew 23:13 (show verse)

But wo to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites; for ye shut the kingdom of heaven against men: ye go not in, neither suffer ye them that are entring to go in.

Matthew 23:14 (show verse)

Wo to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites: for ye devour widows houses, and for a pretence make long prayers; therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation.

Matthew 23:15 (show verse)

Wo to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites: for ye compass sea and land, to make one proselyte, and when he is become so, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves.

Matthew 23:16 (show verse)

Wo to you, ye blind guides; who say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is bound.

Matthew 23:17 (show verse)

Ye fools and blind: for which is greater? The gold? Or the temple that sanctifieth the gold?

Matthew 23:18 (show verse)

And whosoever shall swear by the altar, ye say, it is nothing: but whosoever shall swear by the gift that is upon it, is bound.

Matthew 23:19 (show verse)

Ye fools and blind; for which is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth the gift?

Matthew 23:20 (show verse)

He therefore that sweareth by the altar, sweareth by it and by all things thereon.

Matthew 23:21 (show verse)

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

Matthew 23:22 (show verse)

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

Matthew 23:23 (show verse)

Wo to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites; for ye pay tithe of mint, and anise, and cummin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to have neglected the others.

Matthew 23:24 (show verse)

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

Matthew 23:25 (show verse)

Wo to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for ye cleanse the outside of the cup and of the dish; but within they are full of rapine and intemperance.

Matthew 23:26 (show verse)

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

Matthew 23:27 (show verse)

Wo to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites; for ye are like whited sepulchres, which outwardly indeed appear beautiful, but within are full of dead men's bones and of all uncleanness.

Matthew 23:28 (show verse)

So ye likewise outwardly appear righteous to men; but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.

Matthew 23:29 (show verse)

Wo to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites; for ye build the tombs of the prophets, and adorn the sepulchres 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)

Wherefore ye testify against yourselves, that ye are the sons of them who killed the prophets.

Matthew 23:32 (show verse)

Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers. Ye serpents, ye brood of vipers,

Matthew 23:33 (show verse)

how can ye escape the damnation 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)

Wherefore behold I send to you prophets, and wise-men, and scribes; and some of them ye will kill and crucify, and some of them ye will scourge in your synagogues, and persecute from city to city:

Matthew 23:35 (show verse)

That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed on the earth, from the blood of Abel the righteous, to the blood of Zechariah the son of Barachiah, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar.

Matthew 23:36 (show verse)

Verily I say to you, all these things shall come upon this generation.

Matthew 23:37 (show verse)

O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, that killest the prophets, and stonest them who are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a bird gathereth her young under her wings; and ye would not!

Matthew 23:38 (show verse)

Behold your house is left unto you desolate.

Matthew 23:39 (show verse)

For I say to you, ye shall not see me from this time, till ye say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.