• Matthew 23:16

    Woe unto you, ye blind guides, which say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor!

  • Matthew 23:17

    Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifieth the gold?

  • Matthew 23:18

    And, Whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whosoever sweareth by the gift that is upon it, he is guilty.b

  • Matthew 23:19

    Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth the gift?#rl

  • Matthew 23:20

    Whoso therefore shall swear by the altar, sweareth by it, and by all things thereon.

  • Matthew 23:21

    And whoso shall swear by the temple, sweareth by it, and by him that dwelleth therein.#rl

  • Matthew 23:22

    And he that shall swear by heaven, sweareth by the throne of God, and by him that sitteth thereon.

  • Matthew 23:23

    Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anisec and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.

  • Matthew 23:24

    Ye blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel.

  • Matthew 23:25

    Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess.

  • Matthew 23:26

    Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first that which is within the cup and platter, that the outside of them may be clean also.

  • Matthew 23:27

    Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness.

  • Matthew 23:28

    Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.

  • Matthew 23:29

    Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous,

  • Matthew 23:30

    And say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.

  • Matthew 23:31

    Wherefore ye be witnesses unto yourselves, that ye are the children of them which killed the prophets.

  • Matthew 23:32

    Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers.

  • Matthew 23:33

    Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell?

  • Matthew 23:34

    Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: and some of them ye shall kill and crucify; and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from city to city:

  • Matthew 23:35

    That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar.

  • Matthew 23:36

    Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation.#rl

  • Matthew 23:37

    O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!

  • Matthew 23:38

    Behold, your house is left unto you desolate.

  • Matthew 23:39

    For I say unto you, Ye shall not see me henceforth, till ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.

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