24 You (A)blind guides, who [a]strain out a gnat and swallow a camel!

25 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For (B)you clean the outside of the cup and of the dish, but inside they are full [b]of robbery and self-indulgence. 26 You blind Pharisee, first (C)clean the inside of the cup and of the dish, so that the [c]outside of it may also become clean.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 23:24 Or filter out
  2. Matthew 23:25 Or as a result of
  3. Matthew 23:26 If the inside was ritually unclean, the entire vessel was unclean whether the outside was cleaned or not (cf. Num 19:15)

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