“1 Then spake Jesus to the multitude, and to his disciples, 2 Saying,
The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat: 3 All therefore
whatsoever they bid you observe, [that] observe and do; but do not ye
after their works: for they say, and do not. 4 For they bind heavy
burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay [them] on men’s shoulders; but
they [themselves] will not move them with one of their fingers. 5 But
all their works they do for to be seen of men: they make broad their
phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments, 6 And love the
uppermost rooms at feasts, and the chief seats in the synagogues, 7 And
greetings in the markets, and to be called of men, Rabbi, Rabbi. 8 But
be not ye called Rabbi: for one is your Master, [even] Christ; and all
ye are brethren. 9 And call no [man] your father upon the earth: for one
is your Father, which is in heaven. 10 Neither be ye called masters: for
one is your Master, [even] Christ. 11 But he that is greatest among you
shall be your servant. 12 And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be
abased; and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted.”
“13 But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut
up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in [yourselves],
neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in. 14 Woe unto you,
scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows’ houses, and for
a pretence make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the greater
damnation. 15 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye
compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make
him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves. 16 Woe unto you,
[ye] blind guides, which say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is
nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a
debtor! 17 [Ye] fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gold, or
the temple that sanctifieth the gold? 18 And, Whosoever shall swear by
the altar, it is nothing; but whosoever sweareth by the gift that is
upon it, he is guilty. 19 [Ye] fools and blind: for whether [is]
greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth the gift? 20 Whoso
therefore shall swear by the altar, sweareth by it, and by all things
thereon. 21 And whoso shall swear by the temple, sweareth by it, and by
him that dwelleth therein. 22 And he that shall swear by heaven,
sweareth by the throne of God, and by him that sitteth thereon. 23 Woe
unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint
and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier [matters] of the
law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to
leave the other undone. 24 [Ye] blind guides, which strain at a gnat,
and swallow a camel. 25 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites!
for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within
they are full of extortion and excess. 26 [Thou] blind Pharisee, cleanse
first that [which is] within the cup and platter, that the outside of
them may be clean also. 27 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees,
hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear
beautiful outward, but are within full of dead [men’s] bones, and of all
uncleanness. 28 Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but
within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity. 29 Woe unto you, scribes
and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build the tombs of the prophets,
and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous, 30 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. 31 Wherefore ye be witnesses unto
yourselves, that ye are the children of them which killed the prophets.
32 Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers. 33 [Ye] serpents, [ye]
generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell?”
“34 Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and
scribes: and [some] of them ye shall kill and crucify; and [some] of
them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute [them] from city
to city: 35 That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the
earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son
of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar. 36 Verily I
say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation. 37 O
Jerusalem, Jerusalem, [thou] that killest the prophets, and stonest them
which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children
together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under [her] wings, and ye
would not! 38 Behold, your house is left unto you desolate. 39 For I say
unto you, Ye shall not see me henceforth, till ye shall say, Blessed
[is] he that cometh in the name of the Lord.” (Matthew 23:1-39 AV)
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