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13 But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye shut the kingdom of heaven [a]against men: for ye enter not in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering in to enter.[b]

15 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte; and when he is become so, ye make him twofold more a son of [c]hell than yourselves.

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  1. Matthew 23:13 Greek before.
  2. Matthew 23:13 Some authorities insert here, or after verse 12, verse 14 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows’ houses, even while for a pretence ye make long prayers: therefore ye shall receive great condemnation. See Mk. 12:40; Lk. 20:47.
  3. Matthew 23:15 Greek Gehenna.

33 Ye serpents, ye offspring of vipers, how shall ye escape the judgment of [a]hell?

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  1. Matthew 23:33 Greek Gehenna.