Matthew 23

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

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

23  Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye tithe mint and anise and cummin, and have left undone the weightier matters of the law, justice, and mercy, and faith: but these ye ought to have done, and not to have left the other undone.

24  Ye blind guides, that strain out the gnat, and swallow the camel!

25  Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye cleanse the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full from extortion and excess.

26  Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first the inside of the cup and of the platter, that the outside thereof may become clean also.

27  Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which outwardly appear beautiful, but inwardly are full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness.

28  Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but inwardly ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.

29  Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, and garnish the tombs of the righteous,

30  And say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we should not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.


39 - Verses in Matthew 23

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