The Denouncing of the Scribes^(A)

³⁸ He said to them in His teaching, “Beware of the scribes, who love to go about in long robes and love greetings in the marketplaces, ³⁹ and the prominent seats in the synagogues, and the places of honor at banquets, ⁴⁰ who devour widows’ houses and for a pretense make long prayers. They will receive greater condemnation.”

The Denouncing of the Pharisees and Lawyers^(A)

³⁷ As He spoke, a Pharisee asked Him to dine with him. So He went in and sat down to eat. ³⁸ When the Pharisee saw it, he marveled that He had not first washed before dinner.

³⁹ Then the Lord said to him, “Now you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and the dish. But inside you are full of extortion and wickedness. ⁴⁰ You fools! Did not he who made the outside make the inside also? ⁴¹ But give alms from what is within. And then all things are clean to you.

⁴² “Woe to you, Pharisees! For you tithe mint and rue and every herb and pass over justice and the love of God. These you ought to have done, without leaving the others undone.

⁴³ “Woe to you, Pharisees! For you love the prominent seats in the synagogues and greetings in the marketplaces.

⁴⁴ “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like unseen graves, and the men who walk over them are not aware of them.”

⁴⁵ One of the lawyers answered, “Teacher, by saying these things You insult us also.”

⁴⁶ He said, “Woe to you also, you lawyers! For you load men with burdens difficult to carry, and you yourselves do not touch the burdens with one of your fingers.

⁴⁷ “Woe to you! For you build the tombs of the prophets, and your fathers killed them. ⁴⁸ So you are witnesses and entirely approve the deeds of your fathers, because they killed them, and you build their tombs. ⁴⁹ Therefore also the wisdom of God said, ‘I will send them prophets and apostles, and some of them they will kill and persecute,’ ⁵⁰ that the blood of all the prophets, shed since the beginning of the world, may be required from this generation, ⁵¹ from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah, who was killed between the altar and the sanctuary. Yes, I tell you, it shall be required from this generation.

⁵² “Woe to you, lawyers! For you have taken away the key of knowledge. You did not enter yourselves, and you hindered those who were entering.”

The Denouncing of the Scribes^(A)

⁴⁵ Then as all the people heard, He said to His disciples, ⁴⁶ “Beware of the scribes who desire to walk in long robes and who love greetings in the marketplaces and the prominent seats in the synagogues and the seats of honor at banquets, ⁴⁷ who devour widows’ houses and for a pretense make long prayers. They will receive greater condemnation.”