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Chapter 23 |
| 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. |
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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, |
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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. |
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| Neither be ye called masters: for one is your Master,
even Christ. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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?
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| 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. |
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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. |
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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, |
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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. |
