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Matthew 23 :: Legacy Standard Bible (LSB)

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The Scribes and Pharisees Denounced

(Mar 12:38–40; Luk 20:45–47 )

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Then Jesus spoke to the crowds and to His disciples,

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:2 - saying: “The scribes and the Pharisees have seated themselves in the chair of Moses;

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:3 - therefore all that they tell you, do and keep, but do not do according to their deeds; for they say things and do not do them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:4 - “And they tie up heavy burdens and lay them on men’s shoulders, but they themselves are unwilling to move them with so much as a finger.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:5 - “But they do all their deeds to be noticed by men; for they broaden their [fn]phylacteries and lengthen the tassels of their garments.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:6 - “And they love the place of honor at banquets and the best seats in the synagogues,

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:7 - and respectful greetings in the marketplaces, and being called Rabbi by men.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:8 - “But do not be called Rabbi; for One is your Teacher, and you are all brothers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:9 - “And do not call anyone on earth your father; for One is your Father, He who is in heaven.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:10 - “Do not be called instructors; for One is your Instructor, that is, Christ.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:11 - “But the greatest among you shall be your servant.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:12 - “And whoever exalts himself shall be humbled; and whoever humbles himself shall be exalted.

Woes to the Scribes and Pharisees

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“But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because you shut off the kingdom of heaven [fn]from [fn]people; for you do not enter in yourselves, nor do you allow those who are entering to go in.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:14 - [fn][“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because you devour widows’ houses, and for a pretense you make long prayers; therefore you will receive greater condemnation.]

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“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because you travel around on sea and land to make one [fn]proselyte; and when he becomes one, you make him twice as much a son of [fn]hell as yourselves.

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“Woe to you, blind guides, who say, ‘Whoever swears by the [fn]sanctuary, that is nothing; but whoever swears by the gold of the [fn]sanctuary is obligated.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:17 - “You fools and blind men! For which is [fn]more important, the gold or the sanctuary that sanctified the gold?

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:18 - “And, ‘Whoever swears by the altar, that is nothing, but whoever swears by the [fn]offering on it, he is obligated.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:19 - “You blind men, which is [fn]more important, the [fn]offering, or the altar that sanctifies the [fn]offering?

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:20 - “Therefore, [fn]whoever swears by the altar, swears both by [fn]the altar and by everything on it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:21 - “And [fn]whoever swears by the sanctuary, swears both by the [fn]sanctuary and by Him who dwells within it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:22 - “And [fn]whoever swears by heaven, swears both by the throne of God and by Him who sits upon it.

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“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint and dill and [fn]cumin, and have neglected the weightier provisions of the Law: justice and mercy and faithfulness; but these are the things you should have done without neglecting the others.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:24 - “You blind guides, who strain out a gnat but swallow a camel!

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“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you clean the outside of the cup and of the dish, but inside they are full [fn]of robbery and self-indulgence.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:26 - “You blind Pharisee, first clean the inside of the cup and of the dish, so that the outside of it may become clean also.

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“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs which on the outside appear beautiful, but inside they are full of dead men’s bones and all uncleanness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:28 - “In this way, you also outwardly appear righteous to men, but inwardly you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.

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“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you build the tombs of the prophets and adorn the monuments of the righteous,

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:30 - and say, ‘If we had been living in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partners with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:31 - “So you bear witness against yourselves, that you are [fn]sons of those who murdered the prophets.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:32 - “Fill up, then, the measure of the guilt of your fathers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:33 - “You serpents, you brood of vipers, how [fn]will you escape the [fn]sentence of [fn]hell?

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“On account of this, behold, I am sending you prophets and wise men and scribes; some of them you will kill and crucify, and some of them you will flog in your synagogues, and persecute from city to city,

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:35 - so that upon you may fall the guilt of all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the sanctuary and the altar.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:36 - “Truly I say to you, all these things will come upon this generation.

Lament over Jerusalem

(Luk 13:34, 35 )

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“Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, the way a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you did not want it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:38 - “Behold, your house is being left to you desolate!

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:39 - “For I say to you, from now on you will not see Me until you say, ‘BLESSED IS HE WHO COMES IN THE NAME OF THE [fn]LORD!’”
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LSB Footnotes
Small cases containing Scripture texts worn on the left arm and forehead for religious purposes
Lit in front of
Gr anthropoi
Early mss omit this v
Or convert
Gr Gehenna
The inner part of the temple
The inner part of the temple
Lit greater
Or gift
Lit greater
Or gift
Or gift
Lit he who
Lit it
Lit he who
Lit it
Lit he who
Similar to caraway seeds
Or as a result of
Or descendants
Lit would
Or judgment
Gr Gehenna
In OT, Yahweh, cf. Ps 118:26
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