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Matthew 23 (English Standard Version)

Matthew 23

Seven Woes to the Scribes and Pharisees
 1Then Jesus(A) said to the crowds and to his disciples, 2(B) "The scribes and the Pharisees(C) sit on Moses’ seat, 3so practice and observe whatever they tell you—(D) but not what they do.(E) For they preach, but do not practice. 4(F) They tie up heavy burdens, hard to bear,[a] and lay them on people’s shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to move them with their finger. 5(G) They do all their deeds(H) to be seen by others. For they make(I) their phylacteries broad and(J) their fringes long, 6and they(K) love the place of honor at feasts and(L) the best seats in the synagogues 7and(M) greetings in(N) the marketplaces and being called(O) rabbi[b] by others. 8(P) But you are not to be called rabbi, for you have one teacher, and you are(Q) all brothers.[c] 9(R) And call no man your father on earth, for(S) you have one Father, who is in heaven. 10Neither be called instructors, for you have one instructor,(T) the Christ. 11(U) The greatest among you shall be your servant. 12(V) Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.

 13"But woe(W) to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you(X) shut the kingdom of heaven in people’s faces. For you(Y) neither enter yourselves nor allow those who would enter to go in.[d] 15Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you travel across sea and land to make a single(Z) proselyte, and when he becomes a proselyte, you make him twice as much a(AA) child of(AB) hell[e] as yourselves.

 16"Woe to(AC) you,(AD) blind guides, who say,(AE) '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.' 17You blind fools! For which is greater, the gold or(AF) the temple that has made the gold sacred? 18And you say, 'If anyone swears by the altar, it is nothing, but if anyone swears by(AG) the gift that is on the altar, he is bound by his oath.' 19You blind men! For which is greater, the gift or(AH) the altar that makes the gift sacred? 20So whoever swears by the altar swears by it and by everything on it. 21And whoever swears by the temple swears by it and by(AI) him who dwells in it. 22And whoever swears by(AJ) heaven swears by(AK) the throne of God and by(AL) him who sits upon it.

 23(AM) "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For(AN) you tithe mint and dill and(AO) cumin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law:(AP) justice and mercy and faithfulness.(AQ) These you ought to have done, without neglecting the others. 24You blind guides, straining out a gnat and swallowing(AR) a camel!

 25(AS) "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For(AT) you clean the outside of(AU) the cup and the plate, but inside they are full of(AV) greed and self-indulgence. 26You blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of(AW) the cup and the plate, that the outside also may be clean.

 27(AX) "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like(AY) whitewashed tombs, which outwardly appear beautiful, but within are full of dead people’s bones and(AZ) all uncleanness. 28So you also(BA) outwardly appear righteous to others, but within you are full of(BB) hypocrisy and lawlessness.

 29(BC) "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you build the tombs of the prophets and decorate the monuments of the righteous, 30saying, 'If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we would not have taken part with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.' 31Thus you witness against yourselves that you are(BD) sons of those who murdered the prophets. 32(BE) Fill up, then, the measure of your fathers. 33You serpents,(BF) you brood of vipers, how are you to escape being sentenced to(BG) hell? 34(BH) Therefore(BI) I send you(BJ) prophets and wise men and(BK) scribes,(BL) some of whom you will kill and crucify, and(BM) some you will(BN) flog in your synagogues and persecute from town to town, 35so that on you may come all(BO) the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of innocent(BP) Abel to the blood of(BQ) Zechariah the son of Barachiah,[f] whom you murdered between(BR) the sanctuary and(BS) the altar. 36Truly, I say to you,(BT) all these things will come upon this generation.

Lament over Jerusalem
 37(BU) "O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that(BV) kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it! How often would I have(BW) gathered(BX) your children together(BY) as a hen gathers her brood(BZ) under her wings, and(CA) you would not! 38See,(CB) your house is left to you desolate. 39For I tell you, you will not see me again, until you say,(CC) 'Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.'"

Footnotes:
  1. Matthew 23:4 Some manuscripts omit hard to bear
  2. Matthew 23:7 Rabbi means my teacher, or my master; also verse 8
  3. Matthew 23:8 Or brothers and sisters
  4. Matthew 23:13 Some manuscripts add here (or after verse 12) verse 14: Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you devour widows’ houses and for a pretense you make long prayers; therefore you will receive the greater condemnation
  5. Matthew 23:15 Greek Gehenna; also verse 33
  6. Matthew 23:35 Some manuscripts omit the son of Barachiah
Cross references:
  1. Matthew 23:1 : For Matthew 23:1, 2, 5-7, Mark 12:38, 39; Luke 20:45, 46; Luke 11:43
  2. Matthew 23:2 : Ezra 7:6, 10, 25; Neh 8:4
  3. Matthew 23:2 : Deut 17:10, 11; John 9:28, 29
  4. Matthew 23:3 : Matthew 5:20; 15:3-13
  5. Matthew 23:3 : Rom 2:17-23
  6. Matthew 23:4 : Luke 11:46; Matthew 11:28-30; Acts 15:10
  7. Matthew 23:5 : Matthew 23:1
  8. Matthew 23:5 : Matthew 6:1, 16; John 5:44
  9. Matthew 23:5 : Exodus 13:9; Deut 6:8; 11:18
  10. Matthew 23:5 : Matthew 9:20
  11. Matthew 23:6 : Luke 14:7, 8
  12. Matthew 23:6 : Luke 11:43
  13. Matthew 23:7 : Matthew 23:6
  14. Matthew 23:7 : Matthew 11:16; 20:3
  15. Matthew 23:7 : John 1:38
  16. Matthew 23:8 : James 3:1
  17. Matthew 23:8 : Luke 22:32; John 21:23; Philem 16
  18. Matthew 23:9 : 1 Cor 1:12; 3:4
  19. Matthew 23:9 : Matthew 6:9; Mal 1:6; Matthew 7:11
  20. Matthew 23:10 : Matthew 1:17
  21. Matthew 23:11 : Matthew 20:26
  22. Matthew 23:12 : Luke 14:11; 18:14; Matthew 18:4; Prov 29:23; Ezek 21:26; James 4:6, 10; 1 Pet 5:5, 6
  23. Matthew 23:13 : Luke 11:52
  24. Matthew 23:13 : Matthew 16:19
  25. Matthew 23:13 : Matthew 5:20; 21:31; Luke 7:30
  26. Matthew 23:15 : Acts 2:10; 6:5; 13:43
  27. Matthew 23:15 : John 17:12; 2 Thess 2:3
  28. Matthew 23:15 : Matthew 5:29
  29. Matthew 23:16 : Matthew 15:14
  30. Matthew 23:16 : Matthew 23:17, 19, 26; John 9:39-41; Rom 2:19; 2 Pet 1:9; Rev 3:17
  31. Matthew 23:16 : Matthew 5:33-35
  32. Matthew 23:17 : Exodus 30:29
  33. Matthew 23:18 : Matthew 5:23
  34. Matthew 23:19 : Exodus 29:37
  35. Matthew 23:21 : 1 Kgs 8:13; 2 Chr 6:2; Psalm 26:8; 132:14
  36. Matthew 23:22 : Matthew 21:25
  37. Matthew 23:22 : Matthew 5:34
  38. Matthew 23:22 : Rev 4:2
  39. Matthew 23:23 : Luke 11:42
  40. Matthew 23:23 : Deut 14:22; Luke 18:12
  41. Matthew 23:23 : Isa 28:25, 27
  42. Matthew 23:23 : Psalm 33:5; Jer 5:1; Mic 6:8; Zech 7:9
  43. Matthew 23:23 : 1 Sam 15:22
  44. Matthew 23:24 : Matthew 19:24
  45. Matthew 23:25 : For Matthew 23:25-28, Matthew 15:11-20
  46. Matthew 23:25 : Luke 11:39, 40
  47. Matthew 23:25 : Mark 7:4
  48. Matthew 23:25 : Luke 16:14; 20:47
  49. Matthew 23:26 : Matthew 23:25
  50. Matthew 23:27 : Luke 11:44
  51. Matthew 23:27 : Acts 23:3
  52. Matthew 23:27 : Eph 5:3; Num 19:16; 2 Kgs 23:16
  53. Matthew 23:28 : Matthew 23:5
  54. Matthew 23:28 : Luke 12:1
  55. Matthew 23:29 : Luke 11:47, 48
  56. Matthew 23:31 : Acts 7:51, 52
  57. Matthew 23:32 : Gen 15:16; Dan 8:23; 1 Thess 2:15, 16
  58. Matthew 23:33 : Matthew 3:7; 12:34
  59. Matthew 23:33 : Matthew 23:15
  60. Matthew 23:34 : For Matthew 23:34-36, Luke 11:49-51
  61. Matthew 23:34 : Matthew 10:16
  62. Matthew 23:34 : Acts 13:1; 1 Cor 12:28
  63. Matthew 23:34 : Matthew 13:52
  64. Matthew 23:34 : Matthew 21:35
  65. Matthew 23:34 : Matthew 10:17; Mark 13:9; Luke 21:12; Acts 22:19; 26:11; Luke 12:11
  66. Matthew 23:34 : Matthew 10:23
  67. Matthew 23:35 : Rev 18:24
  68. Matthew 23:35 : Gen 4:4, 8; Heb 11:4; 1 John 3:12
  69. Matthew 23:35 : Zech 1:1
  70. Matthew 23:35 : Luke 1:9
  71. Matthew 23:35 : Exodus 40:6; 2 Kgs 16:14; Ezek 40:47
  72. Matthew 23:36 : Matthew 10:23; 16:28; 24:34
  73. Matthew 23:37 : For Matthew 23:37-39, Luke 13:34, 35; Luke 19:41-44
  74. Matthew 23:37 : Matthew 21:35
  75. Matthew 23:37 : Psalm 147:2; Prov 1:24
  76. Matthew 23:37 : Luke 23:28
  77. Matthew 23:37 : Deut 32:11, 12
  78. Matthew 23:37 : Ruth 2:12
  79. Matthew 23:37 : John 5:40
  80. Matthew 23:38 : Isa 64:11; Jer 12:7; 22:5
  81. Matthew 23:39 : Matthew 21:9; Psalm 118:26
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