Thematic Bible
Matthew 23:1 (show verse)
Then Jesus spake to the multitude, and to His disciples,
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Matthew 23:2 (show verse)
saying, "The scribes and the Pharisees sit on Moses' seat.
Matthew 23:3 (show verse)
All, therefore, whatsoever they bid you, do and observe; but do not according to their works; for they say and do not.
Matthew 23:4 (show verse)
And they bind heavy burdens, and lay them upon the shoulders of men; but they themselves are not willing to move them with their finger.
Matthew 23:5 (show verse)
But all their works they do with the view to be seen by men; for they make broad their phylacteries and enlarge their fringes;
Matthew 23:6 (show verse)
and they love the first place in the feasts, and the front seats in the synagogues,
Matthew 23:7 (show verse)
and the salutations in the marketplaces, and to be called by men '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 one your father on the earth; for One is your Father, the Heavenly.
Matthew 23:10 (show verse)
Neither be ye called leaders; because One is your Leader, the Christ.
Matthew 23:11 (show verse)
But the greater of you shall be your minister.
Matthew 23:12 (show verse)
And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be humbled; and whosoever shall humble himself shall 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 ye do not enter, neither do ye suffer those who are entering in to enter.
Matthew 23:14 (show verse)
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Matthew 23:15 (show verse)
"Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte; and, when he is made such, ye make him a son of Hell twofold more than yourselves.
Matthew 23:16 (show verse)
"Woe to you, blind guides, who say, 'Whosoever swears by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever swears by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor!'
Matthew 23:17 (show verse)
Fools, and blind! for which is greater??he gold or the temple that sanctified the gold?
Matthew 23:18 (show verse)
'And whosoever swears by the altar, it is nothing; but whosoever swears by the gift that is upon it, is a debtor!'
Matthew 23:19 (show verse)
Ye blind! for which is greater??he 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 all things on it;
Matthew 23:21 (show verse)
and he who swears by the temple swears by it and by Him dwelling therein;
Matthew 23:22 (show verse)
and he who swears by Heaven swears by the throne of God and by Him sitting thereon.
Matthew 23:23 (show verse)
"Woe to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin; and have omitted the weightier things of the law??he judgment, and the mercy, and the faith; but these it was proper to have done, and those not to have omitted.
Matthew 23:24 (show verse)
Blind guides! straining out the gnat, and swallowing the camel!
Matthew 23:25 (show verse)
"Woe to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye cleanse the outside of the cup and the dish; but within they are full from extortion and excess!
Matthew 23:26 (show verse)
Blind Pharisees! cleanse first the inside of the cup and of the dish, that its outside also may become clean.
Matthew 23:27 (show verse)
"Woe to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye are like white-washed sepulchres, which outwardly, indeed, appear beautiful, but within are full of bones of the dead and of all uncleanness.
Matthew 23:28 (show verse)
So ye also outwardly, indeed, appear righteous to men; but within ye are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.
Matthew 23:29 (show verse)
"Woe to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, and adorn the tombs of the righteous, and say,
Matthew 23:30 (show verse)
'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 then ye testify to yourselves that ye are sons of those who killed the prophets;
Matthew 23:32 (show verse)
and fill ye up the measure of your fathers.
Matthew 23:33 (show verse)
Serpents! broods of vipers! How can ye escape the judgment of Hell?
Matthew 23:34 (show verse)
Therefore, behold, I send to you prophets and wise men and scribes; some of them ye will kill and crucify, and some 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 poured out upon the earth, from the blood of Abel, the righteous, unto the blood of Zachariah, 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)
Jerusalem! Jerusalem! that kills the prophets, and stones those sent to her! how often did I wish to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!
Matthew 23:38 (show verse)
Behold, your house is left to you desolate!
Matthew 23:39 (show verse)
For I say to you, ye shall in no wise see Me henceforth, till ye shall say, 'Blessed is He That cometh in the name of the Lord!'"