Matthew 23
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Matthew 23:13-22

13ButG1161 woeG3759 unto youG4771, scribesG1122 andG2532 PhariseesG5330, hypocritesG5273! forG3754 ye shut upG2808 the kingdomG3588G932 of heavenG3588G3772 againstG1715 menG3588G444: forG1063 yeG4771 neitherG3756 go inG1525 yourselves, neitherG3761 suffer yeG863 them that are enteringG3588G1525 to go inG1525. 14WoeG3759 unto youG4771, scribesG1122 andG2532 PhariseesG5273, hypocritesG5273! forG3754 ye devourG2719 widows’G3588G5503 housesG3588G3614, andG2532 for a pretenceG4392 makeG4336 longG3117 prayerG4336: thereforeG3778 ye shall receiveG2983 the greaterG4053 damnationG2917. 15WoeG3759 unto youG4771, scribesG1122 andG2532 PhariseesG5330, hypocritesG5273! forG3754 ye compassG4013 seaG3588G2281 andG2532 landG3588G3584 to makeG4160 oneG1520 proselyteG4339, andG2532 whenG3752 he is madeG1096, ye makeG4160 himG846 twofold moreG1362 the childG5207 of hellG1067 than yourselvesG4771. 16WoeG3759 unto youG4771, ye blindG5185 guidesG3595, which sayG3004, WhosoeverG3739 shall swearG3660 byG1722 the templeG3588G3485, it isG1510 nothingG3762; butG1161 whosoeverG3739 shall swearG3660 byG1722 the goldG3588G5557 of the templeG3588G3485, he is a debtorG3784! 17Ye foolsG3474 andG2532 blindG5185: forG1063 whetherG5101 isG1510 greaterG3173, the goldG3588G5557, orG2228 the templeG3588G3485 that sanctifiethG37 the goldG3588G5557? 18AndG2532, WhosoeverG1437 shall swearG3660 byG1722 the altarG3588G2379, it isG1510 nothingG3762; butG1161 whosoeverG302 swearethG3660 byG1722 the giftG3588G1435 that is uponG1883 itG846, he is guiltyG3784. 19Ye foolsG3474 andG2532 blindG5185: forG1063 whetherG5101 is greaterG3173, the giftG3588G1435, orG2228 the altarG3588G2379 that sanctifiethG37 the giftG3588G1435? 20WhosoG3660 thereforeG3767 shall swearG3660 byG1722 the altarG3588G2379, swearethG3660 byG1722 itG846, andG2532 byG1722 all thingsG3956 thereonG1883. 21AndG2532 whoso shall swearG3660 byG1722 the templeG3588G3485, swearethG3660 byG1722 itG846, andG2532 byG1722 him that dwellethG2730 thereinG846. 22AndG2532 he that shall swearG3660 byG1722 heavenG3588G3772, swearethG3660 byG1722 the throneG3588G2362 of GodG3588G2316, andG2532 byG1722 him that sittethG2521 thereonG1883.

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