15 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you travel across sea and land to make a single (A)proselyte, and when he becomes a proselyte, you make him twice as much a (B)child of (C)hell[a] as yourselves.

16 “Woe to (D)you, (E)blind guides, who say, (F)‘If anyone swears by the temple, it is nothing, but if anyone swears by the gold of the temple, he is bound by his oath.’

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 23:15 Greek Gehenna; also verse 33

[14] [a]

15 “Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You travel over land and sea to win a single convert,(A) and when you have succeeded, you make them twice as much a child of hell(B) as you are.

16 “Woe to you, blind guides!(C) You say, ‘If anyone swears by the temple, it means nothing; but anyone who swears by the gold of the temple is bound by that oath.’(D)

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 23:14 Some manuscripts include here words similar to Mark 12:40 and Luke 20:47.