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Matthew, Chapter 23

¹ Then Jesus spoke to the crowds and to His disciples, ² saying: “The scribes and the Pharisees have seated themselves in the chair of Moses; ³ therefore all that they tell you, do and observe, but do not do according to their deeds; for they say things and do not do them. ⁴ They tie up heavy burdens and lay them on men’s shoulders, but they themselves are unwilling to move them with so much as a finger. ⁵ But they do all their deeds to be noticed by men; for they broaden their^aphylacteries and lengthen the tassels of their garments. ⁶ They love the place of honor at banquets and the chief seats in the synagogues, ⁷ and respectful greetings in the market places, and being called Rabbi by men. ⁸ But do not be called Rabbi; for One is your Teacher, and you are all brothers. ⁹ Do not call anyone on earth your father; for One is your Father, He who is in heaven. ¹⁰ Do not be called^b Or teachersleaders; for One is your Leader, that is, Christ. ¹¹ But the greatest among you shall be your servant. ¹² Whoever exalts himself shall be humbled; and whoever humbles himself shall be exalted.	1 Mat 23:1-7 Luk 20:45 Luk 20:46 2 Deu 33:3 Ezr 7:6 Ezr 7:25 Neh 8:4 4 Luk 11:46 Act 15:10 5 Mat 6:1 Mat 6:5 Mat 6:16 Exo 13:9 Deu 6:8 Deu 11:18 Mat 9:20 6 Luk 11:43 Luk 14:7 Luk 20:46 7 Mat 23:8 Mat 26:25 Mat 26:49 Mar 9:5 Mar 10:51 Mar 11:21 Joh 1:38 Joh 1:49 Joh 3:2 Joh 3:26 Joh 4:31 Joh 6:25 Joh 9:2 Joh 11:8 Joh 20:16 8 Jam 3:1 Mat 23:7 Mat 26:25 Mat 26:49 Mar 9:5 Mar 10:51 Mar 11:21 Mar 14:45 Joh 1:38 Joh 1:49 Joh 3:2 Joh 3:26 Joh 4:31 Joh 6:25 Joh 9:2 Joh 11:8 Joh 20:16 9 Mat 6:9 Mat 7:11 11 Mat 20:26 12 Luk 14:11 Luk 18:14
¹³ “But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because you shut off the kingdom of heaven^c Lit in front offrom^d Gr anthropoipeople; for you do not enter in yourselves, nor do you allow those who are entering to go in. ¹⁴ [^e This v not found in early mssWoe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because you devour widows’ houses, and for a pretense you make long prayers; therefore you will receive greater condemnation.]	13 Mat 23:15 Mat 23:16 Mat 23:23 Mat 23:25 Mat 23:27 Mat 23:29 Luk 11:52 14 Mar 12:40 Luk 20:47
¹⁵ “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because you travel around on sea and land to make one^f Or convertproselyte; and when he becomes one, you make him twice as much a son of^g Gr Gehennahell as yourselves.	15 Act 2:10 Act 6:5 Act 13:43 Mat 5:22
¹⁶ “Woe to you, blind guides, who say, ‘Whoever swears by the^h Or sanctuarytemple, that is nothing; but whoever swears by the gold of theⁱ Or sanctuarytemple is obligated.’ ¹⁷ You fools and blind men! Which is^j Lit greatermore important, the gold or the^k Or sanctuarytemple that sanctified the gold? ¹⁸ And, ‘Whoever swears by the altar, that is nothing, but whoever swears by the^l Or giftoffering on it, he is obligated.’ ¹⁹ You blind men, which is^m Lit greatermore important, theⁿ Or giftoffering, or the altar that sanctifies the^o Or giftoffering? ²⁰ Therefore,^p Lit he whowhoever swears by the altar, swears both by^q Lit itthe altar and by everything on it. ²¹ And^r Lit he whowhoever swears by the^s Or sanctuarytemple, swears both by^t Lit itthe temple and by Him who dwells within it. ²² And^u Lit he whowhoever swears by heaven, swears both by the throne of God and by Him who sits upon it.	16 Mat 15:14 Mat 23:24 Mat 5:33-35 17 Exo 30:29 19 Exo 29:37 21 Ki1 8:13 Psa 26:8 Psa 132:14 22 Isa 66:1 Mat 5:34
²³ “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint and dill and^v Similar to caraway seedscummin, and have neglected the weightier provisions of the law: justice and mercy and faithfulness; but these are the things you should have done without neglecting the others. ²⁴ You blind guides, who strain out a gnat and swallow a camel!	23 Mat 23:13 Luk 11:42 24 Mat 23:16
²⁵ “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you clean the outside of the cup and of the dish, but inside they are full^w Or as a result ofof robbery and self-indulgence. ²⁶ You blind Pharisee, first clean the inside of the cup and of the dish, so that the outside of it may become clean also.	25 Mar 7:4 Luk 11:39 26 Mar 7:4 Luk 11:39
²⁷ “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs which on the outside appear beautiful, but inside they are full of dead men’s bones and all uncleanness. ²⁸ So you, too, outwardly appear righteous to men, but inwardly you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.	27 Luk 11:44 Act 23:3
²⁹ “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you build the tombs of the prophets and adorn the monuments of the righteous, ³⁰ and say, ‘If we had been living in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partners with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.’ ³¹ So you testify against yourselves, that you are^x Or descendantssons of those who murdered the prophets. ³² Fill up, then, the measure of the guilt of your fathers. ³³ You serpents, you brood of vipers, how^y Lit wouldwill you escape the^z Or judgmentsentence of^aa Gr Gehennahell?	29 Luk 11:47 31 Mat 23:34 Mat 23:37 Act 7:51 33 Mat 3:7 Luk 3:7 Mat 5:22
³⁴ “Therefore, behold, I am sending 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, ³⁵ so that upon you may fall the guilt of all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the^ab Or sanctuarytemple and the altar. ³⁶ Truly I say to you, all these things will come upon this generation.	34 Mat 23:34-36 Luk 11:49-51 Ch2 36:15 Ch2 36:16 Mat 10:17 Mat 10:23 35 Gen 4:8 Heb 11:4 Zec 1:1 Ch2 24:21 36 Mat 10:23 Mat 24:34
³⁷ “Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, the way a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you were unwilling. ³⁸ Behold, your house is being left to you desolate! ³⁹ For I say to you, from now on you will not see Me until you say, ‘BLESSED IS HE WHO COMES IN THE NAME OF THE LORD!’”	37 Mat 23:37-39 Mat 5:12 Rut 2:12 38 Ki1 9:7 Jer 22:5 39 Psa 118:26 Mat 21:9


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