Eight Woes

13 (A)But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, (B)because you shut off the kingdom of heaven [a]from [b]people; for you do not enter in yourselves, nor do you allow those who are entering to go in. 14 [[c]Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because (C)you devour widows’ houses, and for a pretense you make long prayers; therefore you will receive greater condemnation.]

15 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because you travel around on sea and land to make one [d](D)proselyte; and when he becomes one, you make him twice as much a son of [e](E)hell as yourselves.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 23:13 Lit in front of
  2. Matthew 23:13 Gr anthropoi
  3. Matthew 23:14 This v not found in early mss
  4. Matthew 23:15 Or convert
  5. Matthew 23:15 Gr Gehenna