14 [[a]Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because (A)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 [b](B)proselyte; and when he becomes one, you make him twice as much a son of [c](C)hell as yourselves.

16 “Woe to you, (D)blind guides, who say, ‘(E)Whoever swears by the [d]temple, that is nothing; but whoever swears by the gold of the [e]temple is obligated.’

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 23:14 This v not found in early mss
  2. Matthew 23:15 Or convert
  3. Matthew 23:15 Gr Gehenna
  4. Matthew 23:16 Or sanctuary
  5. Matthew 23:16 Or sanctuary