24 Blind guides!(A) You strain out a gnat, yet gulp down a camel!

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

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  1. Matthew 23:25 Or full of violence
  2. Matthew 23:26 Other mss add and dish
  3. Matthew 23:26 Other mss read of them

24 You blind guides!(A) You strain out a gnat but swallow a camel.

25 “Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and dish,(B) but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence.(C) 26 Blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and dish, and then the outside also will be clean.

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