Matthew 23:25-33

More woes for the Scribes, Pharisees, Hypocrites Matthew 23:25-33: The scribes and Pharisees were not clean on the inside, in their heart, where it mattered. They were religiously beautiful on the outside but were very corrupt within. They pretended to have such respect for all the prophets that their fathers had killed! They honored the prophets and built their tombs. They would even garnish their sepulchres. They did all of this but they were still corrupt on the inside. God wants the outside right, but that begins with a change from within.

Jesus saw straight through the Pharisees. He looks at the heart of man! They looked beautiful on the outside but inwardly, they were full of hypocrisy, envy, haughtiness, lust, and malice. He pictured the result of the Pharisees religion in these shocking words, "Serpents, brood of vipers! How can you escape the condemnation of hell?" (Matthew 23:33) They rebelled against the Light of Christ Himself, that He still brings into the world today.