44 Woe to you! (A)For you are like unmarked graves, and people walk over them without knowing it.”

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43-44 “You’re hopeless, you Pharisees! Frauds! You love sitting at the head table at church dinners, love preening yourselves in the radiance of public flattery. Frauds! You’re just like unmarked graves: People walk over that nice, grassy surface, never suspecting the rot and corruption that is six feet under.”

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44 But you are in for trouble! You are like unmarked graves[a] that people walk on without even knowing it.

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Footnotes

  1. 11.44 unmarked graves: Tombs were whitewashed to keep anyone from accidentally touching them. A person who touched a dead body or a tomb was considered unclean and could not worship with other Jewish people.