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Mateo 23
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Jesús denuncia a los escribas y fariseos

23 (A)Entonces Jesús habló a la muchedumbre y a Sus discípulos: 2 «Los escribas y los fariseos(B)se han sentado en la cátedra de Moisés. 3 De modo que hagan y observen todo lo que les digan; pero no hagan conforme a sus obras, porque ellos dicen y no hacen. 4 Atan cargas pesadas(C)y difíciles de llevar, y las ponen sobre las espaldas de los hombres, pero ellos ni con un dedo quieren moverlas.

5 »Sino que hacen todas sus obras para ser vistos por los hombres(D) ; pues agrandan sus filacterias[a](E) y alargan los adornos[b] de sus mantos(F) . 6 Aman el lugar de honor en los banquetes(G)y los primeros asientos en las sinagogas, 7 y los saludos respetuosos en las plazas y ser llamados por los hombres Rabí[c](H).

8 »Pero ustedes no dejen(I) que los llamen Rabí(J) ; porque Uno es su Maestro y todos ustedes son hermanos. 9 Y no llamen a nadie padre suyo en la tierra, porque Uno es su Padre(K), el que está en los cielos. 10 Ni dejen que los llamen preceptores[d]; porque Uno es su Preceptor, Cristo. 11 Pero el mayor de ustedes será su servidor(L). 12 Y cualquiera que se engrandece, será humillado, y cualquiera que se humille, será engrandecido(M).

Ocho ayes contra los escribas y fariseos

13 »Pero, ¡ay de ustedes, escribas y fariseos, hipócritas(N) que cierran el reino de los cielos(O) delante de los hombres! Porque ni entran ustedes, ni dejan entrar a los que están entrando. 14 [e]¡Ay de ustedes, escribas y fariseos, hipócritas, que devoran las casas de las viudas(P), aun cuando por pretexto hacen largas oraciones! Por eso recibirán mayor condenación.

15 »¡Ay de ustedes, escribas y fariseos, hipócritas, que recorren el mar y la tierra para hacer un prosélito(Q) , y cuando llega a serlo, lo hacen hijo del infierno[f](R) dos veces más que ustedes!

16 »¡Ay de ustedes, guías ciegos(S) ! Porque dicen: “No es nada si alguien jura por el templo[g](T) ; pero el que jura por el oro del templo[h] , contrae obligación”. 17 ¡Insensatos y ciegos! Porque ¿qué es más importante[i](U): el oro, o el templo[j]que santificó el oro?

18 »También ustedes dicen: “No es nada si alguien jura por el altar; pero el que jura por la ofrenda que está sobre él, contrae obligación”. 19 ¡Ciegos! Porque ¿qué es más importante[k](V): la ofrenda, o el altar que santifica la ofrenda? 20 Por eso, el que jura por el altar, jura por él y por todo lo que está sobre él; 21 y el que jura por el templo[l], jura por él y por Aquel que en él habita(W); 22 y el que jura por el cielo, jura por el trono de Dios(X)y por Aquel que está sentado en él.

23 »¡Ay de ustedes, escribas y fariseos, hipócritas(Y) que pagan el diezmo de la menta, del anís y del comino, y han descuidado los preceptos más importantes de la ley: la justicia, la misericordia y la fidelidad! Estas son las cosas que debían haber hecho, sin descuidar aquellas. 24 ¡Guías ciegos(Z), que cuelan el mosquito y se tragan el camello!

25 »¡Ay de ustedes, escribas y fariseos, hipócritas, que limpian el exterior del vaso y del plato(AA) , pero por dentro están llenos de[m] robo y de desenfreno! 26 ¡Fariseo ciego! Limpia primero lo de adentro del vaso y del plato(AB), para que lo de afuera también quede limpio.

27 »¡Ay de ustedes, escribas y fariseos, hipócritas(AC) que son semejantes a sepulcros blanqueados! Por fuera lucen hermosos, pero por dentro están llenos de huesos de muertos y de toda inmundicia. 28 Así también ustedes, por fuera parecen justos a los hombres, pero por dentro están llenos de hipocresía y de iniquidad.

29 »¡Ay de ustedes, escribas y fariseos, hipócritas(AD) ! Porque edifican los sepulcros de los profetas y adornan los monumentos de los justos, 30 y dicen: “Si nosotros hubiéramos vivido[n]en los días de nuestros padres, no hubiéramos sido sus cómplices en derramar la sangre de los profetas”. 31 Así que dan testimonio en contra de ustedes mismos, que son hijos[o]de los que asesinaron a los profetas(AE). 32 ¡Llenen, pues[p], la medida de la culpa de sus padres!

33 »¡Serpientes! ¡Camada de víboras(AF) ! ¿Cómo escaparán del juicio[q] del infierno[r](AG) ? 34 (AH)Por tanto, miren, Yo les envío profetas, sabios y escribas(AI). A algunos de ellos, ustedes los matarán y crucificarán, y a otros los azotarán en sus sinagogas(AJ)y los perseguirán de ciudad en ciudad(AK), 35 para que recaiga[s]sobre ustedes la culpa de toda la sangre justa derramada sobre la tierra, desde la sangre del justo Abel(AL)hasta la sangre de Zacarías, hijo de Berequías(AM), a quien ustedes asesinaron entre el templo[t]y el altar(AN). 36 En verdad les digo que todo esto vendrá sobre esta generación(AO).

Lamentación sobre Jerusalén

37 »¡(AP) Jerusalén, Jerusalén, la que mata a los profetas y apedrea a los que son enviados a ella(AQ) ! ¡Cuántas veces quise juntar a tus hijos, como la gallina junta sus pollitos debajo de sus alas(AR) , y no quisiste! 38 Por tanto, la casa de ustedes(AS)se les deja desierta[u]. 39 Porque les digo que desde ahora en adelante no me verán más hasta que digan: “Bendito Aquel que viene en el nombre del Señor(AT)”».

Footnotes

  1. 23:5 I.e. pequeñas cajas que contenían textos de las Escrituras, que se usaban para propósitos religiosos.
  2. 23:5 I.e. flecos.
  3. 23:7 O Maestro.
  4. 23:10 O maestros.
  5. 23:14 Este vers. no aparece en los mss. más antiguos.
  6. 23:15 Gr. guéenna.
  7. 23:16 O santuario.
  8. 23:16 O santuario.
  9. 23:17 Lit. ¿cuál es mayor.
  10. 23:17 O santuario.
  11. 23:19 Lit. ¿cuál es mayor.
  12. 23:21 O santuario.
  13. 23:25 O por causa de.
  14. 23:30 Lit. hubiéramos estado.
  15. 23:31 O descendientes.
  16. 23:32 Lit. Y ustedes llenen.
  17. 23:33 O de la sentencia.
  18. 23:33 Gr. guéenna.
  19. 23:35 Lit. venga.
  20. 23:35 O santuario.
  21. 23:38 Algunos mss. no incluyen: desierta.
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Matthew 23
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Woe to the Scribes and Pharisees(A)

23 Then Jesus spoke to the multitudes and to His disciples, 2 saying: (B)“The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat. 3 Therefore whatever they tell you [a]to observe, that observe and do, but do not do according to their works; for (C)they say, and do not do. 4 (D)For they bind heavy burdens, hard to bear, and lay them on men’s shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers. 5 But all their works they do to (E)be seen by men. They make their phylacteries broad and enlarge the borders of their garments. 6 (F)They love the [b]best places at feasts, the best seats in the synagogues, 7 greetings in the marketplaces, and to be called by men, ‘Rabbi, Rabbi.’ 8 (G)But you, do not be called ‘Rabbi’; for One is your [c]Teacher, [d]the Christ, and you are all brethren. 9 Do not call anyone on earth your father; (H)for One is your Father, He who is in heaven. 10 And do not be called teachers; for One is your Teacher, the Christ. 11 But (I)he who is greatest among you shall be your servant. 12 (J)And whoever exalts himself will be [e]humbled, and he who humbles himself will be [f]exalted.

13 “But (K)woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you shut up the kingdom of heaven against men; for you neither go in yourselves, nor do you allow those who are entering to go in. 14 [g]Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! (L)For you devour widows’ houses, and for a pretense make long prayers. Therefore you will receive greater condemnation.

15 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you travel land and sea to win one proselyte, and when he is won, you make him twice as much a son of [h]hell as yourselves.

16 “Woe to you, (M)blind guides, who say, (N)‘Whoever swears by the temple, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gold of the temple, he is obliged to perform it.’ 17 Fools and blind! For which is greater, the gold (O)or the temple that [i]sanctifies the gold? 18 And, ‘Whoever swears by the altar, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gift that is on it, he is obliged to perform it.’ 19 Fools and blind! For which is greater, the gift (P)or the altar that sanctifies the gift? 20 Therefore he who [j]swears by the altar, swears by it and by all things on it. 21 He who swears by the temple, swears by it and by (Q)Him who [k]dwells in it. 22 And he who swears by heaven, swears by (R)the throne of God and by Him who sits on it.

23 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! (S)For you pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and (T)have neglected the weightier matters of the law: justice and mercy and faith. These you ought to have done, without leaving the others undone. 24 Blind guides, who strain out a gnat and swallow a camel!

25 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! (U)For you cleanse the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full of extortion and [l]self-indulgence. 26 Blind Pharisee, first cleanse the inside of the cup and dish, that the outside of them may be clean also.

27 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! (V)For you are like whitewashed tombs which indeed appear beautiful outwardly, but inside are full of dead men’s bones and all uncleanness. 28 Even so you also outwardly appear righteous to men, but inside you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.

29 (W)“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you build the tombs of the prophets and [m]adorn the monuments of the righteous, 30 and say, ‘If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.’

31 “Therefore you are witnesses against yourselves that (X)you are sons of those who murdered the prophets. 32 (Y)Fill up, then, the measure of your fathers’ guilt. 33 Serpents, (Z)brood[n] of vipers! How can you escape the condemnation of hell? 34 (AA)Therefore, indeed, I send you prophets, wise men, and scribes: (AB)some of them you will kill and crucify, and (AC)some of them you will scourge in your synagogues and persecute from city to city, 35 (AD)that on you may come all the righteous blood shed on the earth, (AE)from the blood of righteous Abel to (AF)the blood of Zechariah, son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar. 36 Assuredly, I say to you, all these things will come upon this generation.

Jesus Laments over Jerusalem(AG)

37 (AH)“O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the one who kills the prophets (AI)and stones those who are sent to her! How often (AJ)I wanted to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks (AK)under her wings, but you were not willing! 38 See! Your house is left to you desolate; 39 for I say to you, you shall see Me no more till you say, (AL)‘Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!’ ”

Footnotes

  1. Matthew 23:3 NU omits to observe
  2. Matthew 23:6 Or place of honor
  3. Matthew 23:8 Leader
  4. Matthew 23:8 NU omits the Christ
  5. Matthew 23:12 put down
  6. Matthew 23:12 lifted up
  7. Matthew 23:14 NU omits v. 14.
  8. Matthew 23:15 Gr. Gehenna
  9. Matthew 23:17 NU sanctified
  10. Matthew 23:20 Swears an oath
  11. Matthew 23:21 M dwelt
  12. Matthew 23:25 M unrighteousness
  13. Matthew 23:29 decorate
  14. Matthew 23:33 offspring
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Matthew 23
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Pharisaism Exposed

23 Then Jesus spoke to the crowds and to His disciples, 2 saying: “The scribes and Pharisees have seated themselves in Moses’ chair [of authority as teachers of the Law]; 3 so practice and observe everything they tell you, but do not do as they do; for they preach [things], but do not practice them. 4 The scribes and Pharisees tie up [a]heavy loads [that are hard to bear] and place them on men’s shoulders, but they themselves will not lift a finger [to make them lighter]. 5 They do all their deeds to be seen by men; for they make their [b]phylacteries (tefillin) wide [to make them more conspicuous] and make their [c]tassels long.(A) 6 They love the place of distinction and honor at feasts and the best seats in the synagogues [those on the platform near the scrolls of the Law, facing the congregation], 7 and to be greeted [with respect] in the market places and public forums, and to have people call them Rabbi. 8 But do not be called Rabbi (Teacher); for One is your Teacher, and you are all [equally] brothers. 9 Do not call anyone on earth [who guides you spiritually] your father; for One is your Father, He who is in heaven. 10 Do not let yourselves be called leaders or teachers; for One is your Leader (Teacher), the Christ. 11 But the greatest among you will be your servant. 12 Whoever exalts himself shall be humbled; and whoever humbles himself shall be raised to honor.

Eight Woes

13 “But woe (judgment is coming) to you, [self-righteous] scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because you shut off the kingdom of heaven in front of people; for you do not enter yourselves, nor do you allow those who are [in the process of] entering to do so.(B) 14 [d][Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because you swallow up widows’ houses, and to cover it up you make long prayers; therefore you will receive the greater condemnation.]

15 “Woe to you, [self-righteous] scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because you travel over sea and land to make a single proselyte (convert to Judaism), and when he becomes a convert, you make him twice as much a son of hell as you are.

16 “Woe to you, blind guides, who say, ‘Whoever swears [an oath] by the sanctuary of the temple, that is nothing (non-binding); but whoever swears [an oath] by the gold of the temple is obligated [as a debtor to fulfill his vow and keep his promise].’ 17 You fools and blind men! Which is more important, the gold or the sanctuary of the temple that sanctified the gold?(C) 18 And [you scribes and Pharisees say], ‘Whoever swears [an oath] by the altar, that is nothing (non-binding), but whoever swears [an oath] by the offering on it, he is obligated [as a debtor to fulfill his vow and keep his promise].’ 19 You [spiritually] blind men, which is more important, the offering, or the altar that sanctifies the offering? 20 Therefore, whoever swears [an oath] by the altar, swears both by it and by everything [offered] on it. 21 And whoever swears [an oath] by the sanctuary of the temple, swears by it and by Him who dwells within it.(D) 22 And whoever swears [an oath] by heaven, swears both by the throne of God and by Him who sits upon it.

23 “Woe to you, [self-righteous] scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you give a tenth (tithe) of your mint and dill and cumin [focusing on minor matters], and have neglected the weightier [more important moral and spiritual] provisions of the Law: justice and mercy and faithfulness; but these are the [primary] things you ought to have done without neglecting the others. 24 You [spiritually] blind guides, who strain out a gnat [consuming yourselves with miniscule matters] and swallow a camel [ignoring and violating God’s precepts]!(E)

25 “Woe to you, [self-righteous] scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you clean the outside of the cup and of the plate, but inside they are full of extortion and robbery and self-indulgence (unrestrained greed). 26 You [spiritually] blind Pharisee, first clean the inside of the cup and of the plate [examine and change your inner self to conform to God’s precepts], so that the outside [your public life and deeds] may be clean also.

27 “Woe to you, [self-righteous] scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs which look beautiful on the outside, but inside are full of dead men’s bones and everything unclean. 28 So you, also, outwardly seem to be just and upright to men, but inwardly you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.(F)

29 “Woe to you, [self-righteous] scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you build tombs for the prophets and decorate and adorn the monuments of the righteous, 30 and you say, ‘If we had been living in the days of our fathers, we would not have joined them in shedding the blood of the prophets.’ 31 So you testify against yourselves that you are the descendants of those who murdered the prophets. 32 Fill up, then, the [allotted] measure of the guilt of your fathers’ sins. 33 You [e]serpents, you spawn of vipers, how can you escape the penalty of hell?

34 “Therefore, take notice, I am sending you prophets and wise men [interpreters, teachers] and scribes [men educated in the Mosaic Law and the writings of the prophets]; some of them you will kill and even crucify, and some you will flog in your synagogues, and pursue and persecute from city to city, 35 so that on you will come the guilt of all the blood of the righteous shed on earth, from the blood of righteous [f]Abel to the blood of Zechariah [the priest], the son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar.(G) 36 I assure you and most solemnly say to you, [the judgment for] all these things [these vile and murderous deeds] will come on this generation.(H)

Lament over Jerusalem

37 “[g]O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who murders the prophets and stones [to death] those [messengers] who are sent to her [by God]! How often I wanted to gather your children together [around Me], as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you were unwilling.(I) 38 Listen carefully: your house is being left to you desolate [completely abandoned by God and destitute of His protection]!(J) 39 For I say to you, you will not see Me again [ministering to you publicly] until you say, ‘Blessed [to be celebrated with praise] is He who comes in the name of the Lord!’”(K)

Footnotes

  1. Matthew 23:4 I.e. detailed instructions of rabbinic interpretations of the Law.
  2. Matthew 23:5 Small cases containing Scripture passages, worn on the left arm and the forehead.
  3. Matthew 23:5 Tassels (tzitzit) were worn on the garments of all Jewish males, according to the Law.
  4. Matthew 23:14 Early mss do not contain v 14.
  5. Matthew 23:33 The serpent is the creature used by Satan to introduce evil into the Garden of Eden (Gen 3:1ff). Here Jesus continues the imagery of Satan as the serpent working through the religious leaders to continue the propagation of evil through deception, false teaching, and man-made laws and traditions which are given priority over God’s law.
  6. Matthew 23:35 I.e. the first and last martyrs recorded in the Hebrew text.
  7. Matthew 23:37 The nation of Israel personified.
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