Matthew 23
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Matthew 23:23-36

23WoeG3759 unto you, scribesG1122 and PhariseesG5330, hypocritesG5273! for ye tithe mintG2238 and anise and cummin, and have leftG863 undone the weightierG926 matters of the lawG3551, justiceG2920, and mercyG1656, and faithG4102: but these ye oughtG1163 to have done, and not to have leftG863 the other undone. 24Ye blindG5185 guidesG3595, that strain out the gnat, and swallowG2666 the camelG2574!

25WoeG3759 unto you, scribesG1122 and PhariseesG5330, hypocritesG5273! for ye cleanseG2511 the outsideG1855 of the cupG4221 and of the platter, but within they are fullG1073 from extortion and excess. 26Thou blindG5185 PhariseeG5330, cleanseG2511 firstG4413 the inside of the cupG4221 and of the platter, that the outsideG1622 thereof may becomeG1096 cleanG2513 alsoG2532.

27WoeG3759 unto you, scribesG1122 and PhariseesG5330, hypocritesG5273! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which outwardly appearG5316 beautifulG5611, but inwardlyG2081 are fullG1073 of deadG3498 men’s bones, and of all uncleanness. 28EvenG2532 so ye alsoG2532 outwardly appearG5316 righteousG1342 unto menG444, but inwardlyG2081 ye areG1510 fullG3324 of hypocrisyG5272 and iniquity.

29WoeG3759 unto you, scribesG1122 and PhariseesG5330, hypocritesG5273! for ye buildG3618 the sepulchres of the prophetsG4396, and garnish the tombsG3419 of the righteousG1342, 30and sayG3004, If we had beenG1510 in the daysG2250 of our fathersG3962, we should not have beenG1510 partakersG2844 with them in the bloodG129 of the prophetsG4396. 31Wherefore ye witnessG3140 to yourselves, that ye areG1510 sonsG5207 of them that slew the prophetsG4396. 32FillG4137 ye up then the measureG3358 of your fathersG3962. 33Ye serpentsG3789, ye offspringG1081 of vipersG2191, howG4459 shall ye escape the judgmentG2920 of hellG1067? 34Therefore, beholdG2400, I sendG649 unto you prophetsG4396, and wiseG4680 menG3778, and scribesG1122: some of them shall ye killG615 and crucifyG4717; and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagoguesG4864, and persecuteG1377 from cityG4172 to cityG4172: 35that upon you may comeG2064 all the righteousG1342 bloodG129 shed on the earthG1093, from the bloodG129 of AbelG6 the righteousG1342 unto the bloodG129 of Zachariah sonG5207 of Barachiah, whom ye slew between the sanctuary and the altarG2379. 36Verily I sayG3004 unto you, All these thingsG3778 shall comeG2240 upon this generationG1074.

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American Standard Version — 1901 — Public Domain