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Matthew 23:2-33

2sayingλέγων·legōnG3004,ThescribesG1122andthePhariseesΦαρισαῖοι·PharisaioiG5330sitG2523onMoses’seat:

3allthingsπάνταpantaG3956thereforeοὖνounG3767whatsoevertheybidyou,thesedoandobserveτηρεῖτε.tēreiteG5083:butdonotyeaftertheirworksἔργαergaG2041;fortheysayG3004,anddonot.

4Yea,theybindheavyburdensφορτίαphortiaG5413andgrievoustobeborne,andlaythemonmen’sG444shouldersὤμουςōmousG5606;buttheythemselveswillnotmoveκινῆσαιkinēsaiG2795themwiththeirfingerδακτύλῳdaktulōG1147.

5ButalltheirworksG2041theydotobeseenG2300ofmenG444:fortheymakeG4160broadtheirphylacteries,andenlargethebordersoftheirgarments,

6andloveφιλοῦσινphilousinG5368thechiefplaceπρωτοκλισίανprōtoklisianG4411atfeasts,andthechiefseatsπρωτοκαθεδρίαςprōtokathedriasG4410inthesynagoguesG4864,

7andthesalutationsinthemarketplaces,andtobecalledκαλεῖσθαιkaleisthaiG2564ofmenG444,RabbiῥαββίrhabbiG4461.

8ButbeG1510notyecalledκληθῆτεklēthēteG2564Rabbiῥαββί·rhabbiG4461:foroneεἷςheisG1520isG1510yourteacherδιδάσκαλοςdidaskalosG1320,andallyeareG1510brethren.

9AndcallκαλέσητεkalesēteG2564nomanyourfatherπατέραpateraG3962ontheearthγῆς·gēsG1093:foroneεἷςheisG1520isG1510yourFatherπατὴρpatērG3962,evenG2532hewhoisG1510inheaven.

10NeitherbeG1510yecalledκληθῆτεklēthēteG2564masters:foroneεἷς,heisG1520isG1510yourmaster,evenG3366theChristΧριστός.ChristosG5547.

11ButhethatisἔσταιestaiG1510greatestG3173amongyoushallbeG1510yourservantδιάκονος.diakonosG1249.

12AndwhosoevershallexaltὑψώσειhupsōseiG5312himselfshallbehumbledG5013;andwhosoevershallhumbleG5013himselfshallbeexaltedὑψωθήσεται.¶hupsōthēsetaiG5312.

13ButwoeΟὐαὶOuaiG3759untoyou,scribesG1122andPhariseesΦαρισαῖοιPharisaioiG5330,hypocritesG5273!becauseyeshutκλείετεkleieteG2808thekingdomβασιλείανbasileianG932ofheavenοὐρανῶνouranōnG3772againstmenG444:foryeenterG1525notinyourselvesG4771,neithersuffer yethemthatareenteringG1525intoenterG1525.

15WoeΟὐαὶOuaiG3759untoyou,scribesG1122andPhariseesΦαρισαῖοιPharisaioiG5330,hypocritesG5273!forye compassseaθάλασσανthalassanG2281andlandtomakeποιῆσαιpoiēsaiG4160oneἕναhenaG1520proselyte;andwhenὅτανhotanG3752heisbecomeγένηται,genētaiG1096so, yemakeποιεῖτεpoieiteG4160himtwofold moreasonυἱὸνhuionG5207ofhellγεέννηςgeennēsG1067thanyourselves.

16WoeΟὐαὶOuaiG3759untoyou, yeblindτυφλοὶtuphloiG5185guidesG3595,thatsayλέγοντες·legontesG3004, Whosoever shallswearὀμόσῃomosēG3660bythetempleναῷ,naōG3485,itisG1510nothing;butwhosoever shallswearὀμόσῃomosēG3660bythegoldχρυσῷchrusōG5557ofthetempleναοῦ,naouG3485,heisG1510adebtor.

17Yefoolsandblindτυφλοί,tuphloiG5185:forwhichisG1510greaterG3173,thegoldχρυσὸςchrusosG5557,orthetempleναὸςnaosG3485thathathsanctifiedἁγιάσαςhagiasasG37thegoldχρυσόν;chrusonG5557?

18And, WhosoevershallswearὀμόσῃomosēG3660bythealtarθυσιαστηρίῳ,thusiastēriōG2379,itisG1510nothing;butwhosoevershallswearὀμόσῃomosēG3660bythegiftδώρῳdōrōG1435thatisG1510uponit,heisG1510adebtor.

19Yeblindτυφλοί,tuphloiG5185:forwhichisgreaterG3173,thegiftδῶρονdōronG1435,orthealtarθυσιαστήριονthusiastērionG2379thatsanctifieththegiftδῶρον;dōronG1435?

20HethereforeοὖνounG3767thatswearethbythealtarθυσιαστηρίῳthusiastēriōG2379, swearethbyit,andbyallthingsπᾶσινpasinG3956thereon.

21AndhethatswearethbythetempleναῷnaōG3485, swearethbyit,andbyhimthatdwelleth therein.

22AndhethatswearethbytheheavenοὐρανῷouranōG3772, swearethbythethroneθρόνῳthronōG2362ofGodθεοῦtheouG2316,andbyhimthatsitteth thereon.

23WoeΟὐαὶOuaiG3759untoyou,scribesG1122andPhariseesΦαρισαῖοιPharisaioiG5330,hypocritesG5273!forye tithemintἡδύοσμονhēduosmonG2238andaniseandcummin,andhaveleftG863undonetheweightierG926mattersofthelawνόμου,nomouG3551,justiceκρίσινkrisinG2920,andmercyἔλεοςeleosG1656,andfaithG4102:buttheseyeoughtG1163tohavedone,andnottohaveleftG863theother undone.

24Yeblindτυφλοί,tuphloiG5185guidesG3595,thatstrainoutthegnat,andswallowG2666thecamelκάμηλονkamēlonG2574!

25WoeΟὐαὶOuaiG3759untoyou,scribesG1122andPhariseesΦαρισαῖοιPharisaioiG5330,hypocritesG5273!foryecleanseκαθαρίζετεkatharizeteG2511theoutsideἔξωθενexōthenG1855ofthecupποτηρίουpotēriouG4221andoftheplatter,butwithintheyarefullγέμουσινgemousinG1073fromextortionandexcess.

26Thoublindτυφλέ,tuphleG5185PhariseeΦαρισαῖεPharisaieG5330,cleanseκαθάρισονkatharisonG2511firstπρῶτονprōtonG4413theinsideofthecupποτηρίουpotēriouG4221andoftheplatter,thattheoutsideἐκτὸςektosG1622thereofmaybecomeγένηταιgenētaiG1096cleanκαθαρόν.¶katharonG2513alsoκαὶkaiG2532.

27WoeΟὐαὶOuaiG3759untoyou,scribesG1122andPhariseesΦαρισαῖοιPharisaioiG5330,hypocritesG5273!foryearelikeunto whited sepulchres,whichoutwardlyappearφαίνονταιphainontaiG5316beautifulὡραῖοι,hōraioiG5611,butinwardlyG2081arefullγέμουσινgemousinG1073ofdeadνεκρῶνnekrōnG3498men’sbones,andofalluncleanness.

28EvenG2532soyealsoG2532outwardlyappearφαίνεσθεphainestheG5316righteousδίκαιοι,dikaioiG1342untomenG444,butinwardlyἔσωθενesōthenG2081yeareG1510fullμεστοὶmestoiG3324ofhypocrisyὑποκρίσεωςhupokriseōsG5272andiniquity.

29WoeΟὐαὶOuaiG3759untoyou,scribesG1122andPhariseesΦαρισαῖοιPharisaioiG5330,hypocritesG5273!foryebuildοἰκοδομεῖτεoikodomeiteG3618thesepulchresoftheprophetsπροφητῶνprophētōnG4396,andgarnishthetombsG3419oftherighteousδικαίωνdikaiōnG1342,

30andsayλέγετε·legeteG3004,IfwehadbeenG1510inthedaysἡμέραιςhēmeraisG2250ofourfathersπατέρωνpaterōnG3962,weshouldnothavebeenG1510partakersκοινωνοὶkoinōnoiG2844withtheminthebloodαἵματιaimatiG129oftheprophetsπροφητῶν,prophētōnG4396.

31Wherefore yewitnessμαρτυρεῖτεmartureiteG3140toyourselves,thatyeareG1510sonsυἱοίhuioiG5207ofthemthatslewtheprophetsπροφήτας·prophētasG4396.

32FillπληρώσατεplērōsateG4137ye upthenthemeasureμέτρονmetronG3358ofyourfathersπατέρωνpaterōnG3962.

33YeserpentsὄφειςopheisG3789, yeoffspringγεννήματαgennēmataG1081ofvipersἐχιδνῶν,echidnōnG2191,howπῶςpōsG4459shall yeescapethejudgmentG2920ofhellγεέννης;geennēsG1067?

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