Matthew 23:23-33

New American Standard Bible 1995

²³ “^(A)Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint and dill and ^[a]cummin, and have neglected the weightier provisions of the law: justice and mercy and faithfulness; but these are the things you should have done without neglecting the others. ²⁴ You ^(B)blind guides, who strain out a gnat and swallow a camel!

²⁵ “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For ^(C)you clean the outside of the cup and of the dish, but inside they are full ^[b]of robbery and self-indulgence. ²⁶ You blind Pharisee, first ^(D)clean the inside of the cup and of the dish, so that the outside of it may become clean also.

²⁷ “^(E)Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs which on the outside appear beautiful, but inside they are full of dead men’s bones and all uncleanness. ²⁸ So you, too, outwardly appear righteous to men, but inwardly you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.

²⁹ “^(F)Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you build the tombs of the prophets and adorn the monuments of the righteous, ³⁰ and say, ‘If we had been living in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partners with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.’ ³¹ So you testify against yourselves, that you ^(G)are ^[c]sons of those who murdered the prophets. ³² Fill up, then, the measure of the guilt of your fathers. ³³ You serpents, ^(H)you brood of vipers, how ^[d]will you escape the ^[e]sentence of ^[f](I)hell?