Matthew 23
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Matthew 23:8-22

8But beG1510 not ye calledG2564 RabbiG4461: for oneG1520 isG1510 your teacherG1320, and all ye areG1510 brethren. 9And callG2564 no man your fatherG3962 on the earthG1093: for oneG1520 isG1510 your FatherG3962, evenG2532 he who isG1510 in heaven. 10Neither beG1510 ye calledG2564 masters: for oneG1520 isG1510 your master, evenG3366 the ChristG5547. 11But he that isG1510 greatestG3173 among you shall beG1510 your servantG1249. 12And whosoever shall exaltG5312 himself shall be humbledG5013; and whosoever shall humbleG5013 himself shall be exaltedG5312.

13But woeG3759 unto you, scribesG1122 and PhariseesG5330, hypocritesG5273! because ye shutG2808 the kingdomG932 of heavenG3772 against menG444: for ye enterG1525 not in yourselvesG4771, neither suffer ye them that are enteringG1525 in to enterG1525. 141

15WoeG3759 unto you, scribesG1122 and PhariseesG5330, hypocritesG5273! for ye compass seaG2281 and land to makeG4160 oneG1520 proselyte; and whenG3752 he is becomeG1096 so, ye makeG4160 him twofold more a sonG5207 of hellG1067 than yourselves.

16WoeG3759 unto you, ye blindG5185 guidesG3595, that sayG3004, Whosoever shall swearG3660 by the templeG3485, it isG1510 nothing; but whosoever shall swearG3660 by the goldG5557 of the templeG3485, he isG1510 a debtor. 17Ye fools and blindG5185: for which isG1510 greaterG3173, the goldG5557, or the templeG3485 that hath sanctifiedG37 the goldG5557? 18And, Whosoever shall swearG3660 by the altarG2379, it isG1510 nothing; but whosoever shall swearG3660 by the giftG1435 that isG1510 upon it, he isG1510 a debtor. 19Ye blindG5185: for which is greaterG3173, the giftG1435, or the altarG2379 that sanctifieth the giftG1435? 20He thereforeG3767 that sweareth by the altarG2379, sweareth by it, and by all thingsG3956 thereon. 21And he that sweareth by the templeG3485, sweareth by it, and by him that dwelleth therein. 22And he that sweareth by the heavenG3772, sweareth by the throneG2362 of GodG2316, and by him that sitteth thereon.

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  1. 1. Matthew 23:14 23:14 Some authorities insert here, or after v. 12, v. 14 Woe unto you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you devour widows’ houses, even while for a pretence ye make long prayes: therefore ye shall receive greater condemnation. See Mrk 12:40; Luk 20:47. ↩

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