Matthew 23:8-22

English Standard Version

^8 (A)But you are not to be called rabbi, for you have one teacher, and you are ^(B)all brothers.^{[a] 9 (C)}And call no man your father on earth, for ^(D)you have one Father, who is in heaven. ¹⁰ Neither be called instructors, for you have one instructor, ^(E)the Christ. ^11 (F)The greatest among you shall be your servant. ^12 (G)Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.

¹³ “But woe ^(H)to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you ^(I)shut the kingdom of heaven in people's faces. For you ^(J)neither enter yourselves nor allow those who would enter to go in.^{[b] 15} Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you travel across sea and land to make a single ^(K)proselyte, and when he becomes a proselyte, you make him twice as much a ^(L)child of ^(M)hell^[c] as yourselves.

¹⁶ “Woe to ^(N)you, ^(O)blind guides, who say, ^(P)‘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.’ ¹⁷ You blind fools! For which is greater, the gold or ^(Q)the temple that has made the gold sacred? ¹⁸ And you say, ‘If anyone swears by the altar, it is nothing, but if anyone swears by ^(R)the gift that is on the altar, he is bound by his oath.’ ¹⁹ You blind men! For which is greater, the gift or ^(S)the altar that makes the gift sacred? ²⁰ So whoever swears by the altar swears by it and by everything on it. ²¹ And whoever swears by the temple swears by it and by ^(T)him who dwells in it. ²² And whoever swears by ^(U)heaven swears by ^(V)the throne of God and by ^(W)him who sits upon it.