New American Standard Bible 2020

Matthew 23:11-16

11 1But the greatest of you shall be your servant. 12 2Whoever exalts himself shall be humbled, and whoever humbles himself shall be exalted.

13“3But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, 4because you shut the kingdom of heaven in front of people; for you do not enter it yourselves, nor do you allow those who are entering to go in.5

15“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because you travel around on sea and land to make one 6 7proselyte; and when he becomes one, you 8make him twice as much a son of 9 10hell as yourselves.

16“Woe to you, 11blind guides, who say, ‘12Whoever swears by the 13temple, that is nothing; but whoever swears by the gold of the 14temple is obligated.’

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Notes

1. Matthew 23:11 Matt 20:26 ↩
2. Matthew 23:12 Luke 14:11; 18:14 ↩
3. Matthew 23:13 Matt 23:15, 16, 23, 25, 27, 29 ↩
4. Matthew 23:13 Luke 11:52 ↩
5. Matthew 23:13 Late mss add (traditionally v 14): Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because you devour widows’ houses even while for appearances’ sake you make long prayers; therefore you will receive greater condemnation (as v 14); cf. Mark 12:40; Luke 20:47 ↩
6. Matthew 23:15 Or convert ↩
7. Matthew 23:15 Acts 2:10; 6:5; 13:43 ↩
8. Matthew 23:15 I.e., doom him to hell ↩
9. Matthew 23:15 Gr Gehenna ↩
10. Matthew 23:15 Matt 5:22 ↩
11. Matthew 23:16 Matt 15:14; 23:24 ↩
12. Matthew 23:16 Matt 5:33-35 ↩
13. Matthew 23:16 Or sanctuary ↩
14. Matthew 23:16 Or sanctuary ↩

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