Matthew 23:28-30
New King James Version
28 Even so you also outwardly appear righteous to men, but inside you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.
29 (A)“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you build the tombs of the prophets and [a]adorn the monuments of the righteous, 30 and say, ‘If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.’
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Matthew 23:28-30
English Standard Version
28 So you also (A)outwardly appear righteous to others, but within you are full of (B)hypocrisy and lawlessness.
29 (C)“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you build the tombs of the prophets and decorate the monuments of the righteous, 30 saying, ‘If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we would not have taken part with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.’
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