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Matthew 23:14-16
New English Translation
Matthew 23:14-16
New English Translation
15 “Woe to you, experts in the law[a] and you Pharisees, hypocrites! You cross land and sea to make one convert,[b] and when you get one,[c] you make him twice as much a child of hell[d] as yourselves!
16 “Woe to you, blind guides, who say, ‘Whoever swears by the temple is bound by nothing.[e] But whoever swears by the gold of the temple is bound by the oath.’
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- Matthew 23:15 tn Or “scribes.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in 2:4.
- Matthew 23:15 tn Or “one proselyte.”
- Matthew 23:15 tn Grk “when he becomes [one].”
- Matthew 23:15 tn Grk “a son of Gehenna.” Expressions constructed with υἱός (huios) followed by a genitive of class or kind denote a person belonging to the class or kind specified by the following genitive (L&N 9.4). Thus the phrase here means “a person who belongs to hell.”sn See the note on the word hell in 5:22.
- Matthew 23:16 tn Grk “Whoever swears by the temple, it is nothing.”
Matthew 23:14-16
New International Version
Matthew 23:14-16
New International Version
[14] [a]
15 “Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You travel over land and sea to win a single convert,(A) and when you have succeeded, you make them twice as much a child of hell(B) as you are.
16 “Woe to you, blind guides!(C) You say, ‘If anyone swears by the temple, it means nothing; but anyone who swears by the gold of the temple is bound by that oath.’(D)
Footnotes
- Matthew 23:14 Some manuscripts include here words similar to Mark 12:40 and Luke 20:47.
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