Matthew 23:27-35

English Standard Version

²⁷^(A)“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like ^(B)whitewashed tombs, which outwardly appear beautiful, but within are full of dead people's bones and ^(C)all uncleanness. ²⁸So you also ^(D)outwardly appear righteous to others, but within you are full of ^(E)hypocrisy and lawlessness.

²⁹^(F)“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 ^(G)sons of those who murdered the prophets. ³²^(H)Fill up, then, the measure of your fathers. ³³You serpents, ^(I)you brood of vipers, how are you to escape being sentenced to ^(J)hell? ³⁴^(K)Therefore ^(L)I send you ^(M)prophets and wise men and ^(N)scribes, ^(O)some of whom you will kill and crucify, and ^(P)some you will ^(Q)flog in your synagogues and ^(R)persecute from town to town, ³⁵so that on you may come all ^(S)the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous ^(T)Abel to the blood of ^(U)Zechariah the son of Barachiah,^[a] whom you murdered between ^(V)the sanctuary and ^(W)the altar.