13 “But (A)woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you shut up the kingdom of heaven against men; for you neither go in yourselves, nor do you allow those who are entering to go in.

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14 [a]Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! (A)For you devour widows’ houses, and for a pretense make long prayers. Therefore you will receive greater condemnation.

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  1. Matthew 23:14 NU omits v. 14.

15 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you travel land and sea to win one proselyte, and when he is won, you make him twice as much a son of [a]hell as yourselves.

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  1. Matthew 23:15 Gr. Gehenna

23 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! (A)For you pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and (B)have neglected the weightier matters of the law: justice and mercy and faith. These you ought to have done, without leaving the others undone.

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25 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! (A)For you cleanse the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full of extortion and [a]self-indulgence.

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  1. Matthew 23:25 M unrighteousness

27 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! (A)For you are like whitewashed tombs which indeed appear beautiful outwardly, but inside are full of dead men’s bones and all uncleanness.

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28 Even so you also outwardly appear righteous to men, but inside you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.

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29 (A)“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you build the tombs of the prophets and [a]adorn the monuments of the righteous,

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  1. Matthew 23:29 decorate

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