Matthew Chapter 23
23:1 Then spake Jesus to the multitude, and to his disciples,
23:2 Saying,
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The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat:
23:3 All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe,
that
observe and do; but do not ye after their works:
for
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they say, and do not.
23:4 For
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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.
23:5 But
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all their works they do for to be seen of men:
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they make broad their
phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments,
23:6 And
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love the uppermost rooms at feasts, and the chief seats in the
synagogues,
23:7 And greetings in the markets, and to be called of men, Rabbi, Rabbi.
23:8 But
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be not ye called Rabbi: for one is your Master,
even
Christ; and all ye are brethren.
23:9 And call no
man
your father upon the earth:
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for one is your Father, which is in heaven.
23:10 Neither be ye called masters: for one is your Master,
even
Christ.
23:11 But
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he that is greatest among you shall be your servant.
23:12 And
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whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased; and he that shall
humble himself shall be exalted.
23:13 ¶ But
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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.
23:14 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees,
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hypocrites! for ye devour widows'
houses, and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the
greater damnation.
23:15 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.
23:16 Woe unto you,
am
ye
blind guides, which say,
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Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing;
but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor!
23:17
Ye
fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gold,
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or the temple that
sanctifieth the gold?
23:18 And, Whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whosoever
sweareth by the gift that is upon it, he is guilty.
23:19
Ye
fools and blind: for whether
is
greater, the gift, or
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the altar that sanctifieth the gift?
23:20 Whoso therefore shall swear by the altar, sweareth by it, and by all
things thereon.
23:21 And whoso shall swear by the temple, sweareth by it, and
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by him that
dwelleth therein.
23:22 And he that shall swear by heaven, sweareth by
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the throne of God, and by
him that sitteth thereon.
23:23 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees,
as
hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint
and anise and cummin, and
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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.
23:24
Ye
blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel.
23:25 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites!
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for ye make clean the
outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion
and excess.
23:26
Thou
blind Pharisee, cleanse first that which
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is within the cup and platter, that the outside of them may be clean also.
23:27 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites!
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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.
23:28 Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within ye are
full of hypocrisy and iniquity.
23:29 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build the
tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous,
23:30 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.
23:31 Wherefore ye be witnesses unto yourselves, that
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ye are the children of
them which killed the prophets.
23:32 Fill
ay
ye up then the measure of your fathers.
23:33
Ye
serpents,
ye
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generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell?
23:34 ¶ Wherefore,
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behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and
scribes: and
some
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of them ye shall kill and crucify; and
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some
of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute
them
from city to city:
23:35 That
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upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth,
be
from
the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom
ye slew between the temple and the altar.
23:36 Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation.
23:37 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem,
thou
that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how
often would I
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have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her
chickens under
her
wings, and ye would not!
23:38 Behold, your house is left unto you desolate.
23:39 For I say unto you, Ye shall not see me henceforth, till ye shall say,
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Blessed
is
he that cometh in the name of the Lord.
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Nehemiah 8:4,:8
Malachi 2:7
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Romans 2:19
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Luke 11:46
Acts 15:10
Galatians 6:13
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ch 6:1,2
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Numbers 15:38
Deuteronomy 22:12
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Mark 12:38
Luke 20:46
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James 3:1
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Malachi 1:6
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ch 20:26
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Job 22:29
Proverbs 15:33
&
29:23
Daniel 4:37
Luke 14:11
&
18:14
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Luke 11:52
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Ezekiel 22:25
Mark 12:40
Luke 20:47
2 Timothy 3:6
Titus 1:11
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Isaiah 56:10
ch 15:14
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ch 5:33
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Exodus 30:29
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Exodus 29:27
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1 Kings 8:13
2 Chronicles 6:2
Psalms 26:8
&
132:14
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Psalms 11:4
ch 5:34
Acts 7:49
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Luke 11:42
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1 Samuel 15:22
Hosea 6:6
Micah 6:8
ch 9:13
&
12:7
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Mark 7:4
Luke 11:39
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Titus 1:15
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Acts 23:3
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Acts 7:51
1 Thessalonians 2:15
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Genesis 15:16
1 Thessalonians 2:16
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ch 3:7
&
12:34
Luke 3:7
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ch 21:34
Luke 11:49
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acts 5:40
&
7:58
&
22:19
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2 Corinthians 11:24
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Revelationch 18:24
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Genesis 4:8
1 John 3:12
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Deuteronomy 32:11
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Psalms 118:26
ch 21:9