³⁶ The Lord said to me: “Son of man, will you judge Oholah and Oholibah? Then confront^(A) them with their detestable practices,^(B)

² “Son of man, will you judge her? Will you judge this city of bloodshed?^(A) Then confront her with all her detestable practices^(B)

⁴ “Will you judge them? Will you judge them, son of man? Then confront them with the detestable practices of their ancestors^(A)

² “Son of man, confront^(A) Jerusalem with her detestable practices^(B)

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¹⁰ See, today I appoint you over nations^(A) and kingdoms to uproot^(B) and tear down, to destroy and overthrow, to build and to plant.”^(C)

² Or do you not know that the Lord’s people will judge the world?^(A) And if you are to judge the world, are you not competent to judge trivial cases? ³ Do you not know that we will judge angels? How much more the things of this life!

⁵¹ “You stiff-necked people!^(A) Your hearts^(B) and ears are still uncircumcised. You are just like your ancestors: You always resist the Holy Spirit! ⁵² Was there ever a prophet your ancestors did not persecute?^(C) They even killed those who predicted the coming of the Righteous One. And now you have betrayed and murdered him^(D)— ⁵³ you who have received the law that was given through angels^(E) but have not obeyed it.”

³⁹ Then the Lord^(A) said to him, “Now then, you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside you are full of greed and wickedness.^{(B) 40} You foolish people!^(C) Did not the one who made the outside make the inside also? ⁴¹ But now as for what is inside you—be generous to the poor,^(D) and everything will be clean for you.^(E)

⁴² “Woe to you Pharisees, because you give God a tenth^(F) of your mint, rue and all other kinds of garden herbs, but you neglect justice and the love of God.^(G) You should have practiced the latter without leaving the former undone.^(H)

⁴³ “Woe to you Pharisees, because you love the most important seats in the synagogues and respectful greetings in the marketplaces.^(I)

⁴⁴ “Woe to you, because you are like unmarked graves,^(J) which people walk over without knowing it.”

⁴⁵ One of the experts in the law^(K) answered him, “Teacher, when you say these things, you insult us also.”

⁴⁶ Jesus replied, “And you experts in the law, woe to you, because you load people down with burdens they can hardly carry, and you yourselves will not lift one finger to help them.^(L)

⁴⁷ “Woe to you, because you build tombs for the prophets, and it was your ancestors who killed them. ⁴⁸ So you testify that you approve of what your ancestors did; they killed the prophets, and you build their tombs.^{(M) 49} Because of this, God in his wisdom^(N) said, ‘I will send them prophets and apostles, some of whom they will kill and others they will persecute.’^{(O) 50} Therefore this generation will be held responsible for the blood of all the prophets that has been shed since the beginning of the world, ⁵¹ from the blood of Abel^(P) to the blood of Zechariah,^(Q) who was killed between the altar and the sanctuary. Yes, I tell you, this generation will be held responsible for it all.^(R)

⁵² “Woe to you experts in the law, because you have taken away the key to knowledge. You yourselves have not entered, and you have hindered those who were entering.”^(S)