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Matthew 23 :: Revised Standard Version (RSV)

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Pharisaism Exposed

(Mar 12:38–40; Luk 20:45–47 )

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:1 - Then said Jesus to the crowds and to his disciples,

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:2 - "The scribes and the Pharisees sit on Moses' seat;

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:3 - so practice and observe whatever they tell you, but not what they do; for they preach, but do not practice.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:4 - They bind heavy burdens, hard to bear, and lay them on men's shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with their finger.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:5 - They do all their deeds to be seen by men; for they make their phylacteries broad and their fringes long,

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:7 - and salutations in the market places, and being called rabbi by men.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:8 - But you are not to be called rabbi, for you have one teacher, and you are all brethren.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:9 - And call no man your father on earth, for you have one Father, who is in heaven.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:10 - Neither be called masters, for you have one master, the Christ.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:11 - He who is greatest among you shall be your servant;

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:12 - whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.

Eight Woes

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:13 - "But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because you shut the kingdom of heaven against men; for you neither enter yourselves, nor allow those who would enter to go in.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:14 - Other ancient authorities here (or after verse 12) verse 14, Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you devour widows' houses and for a pretense you make long prayers; therefore you will receive the greater condemnation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:15 - Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you traverse sea and land to make a single proselyte, and when he becomes a proselyte, you make him twice as much a child of hell as yourselves.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:16 - "Woe to you, blind guides, who say, 'If any one swears by the temple, it is nothing; but if any one swears by the gold of the temple, he is bound by his oath.'

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:17 - You blind fools! For which is greater, the gold or the temple that has made the gold sacred?

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:18 - And you say, 'If any one swears by the altar, it is nothing; but if any one swears by the gift that is on the altar, he is bound by his oath.'

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:19 - You blind men! For which is greater, the gift or the altar that makes the gift sacred?

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:20 - So he who swears by the altar, swears by it and by everything on it;

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:21 - and he who swears by the temple, swears by it and by him who dwells in it;

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:22 - and he who swears by heaven, swears by the throne of God and by him who sits upon it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:23 - "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you tithe mint and dill and cummin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law, justice and mercy and faith; these you ought to have done, without neglecting the others.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:24 - You blind guides, straining out a gnat and swallowing a camel!

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:25 - "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you cleanse the outside of the cup and of the plate, but inside they are full of extortion and rapacity.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:26 - You blind Pharisee! first cleanse the inside of the cup and of the plate, that the outside also may be clean.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:27 - "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you are like whitewashed tombs, which outwardly appear beautiful, but within they are full of dead men's bones and all uncleanness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:28 - So you also outwardly appear righteous to men, but within you are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:29 - "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 - 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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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:31 - Thus you witness against yourselves, that you are sons of those who murdered the prophets.

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:33 - You serpents, you brood of vipers, how are you to escape being sentenced to hell?

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:34 - Therefore I send you prophets and wise men and scribes, some of whom you will kill and crucify, and some you will scourge in your synagogues and persecute from town to town,

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:35 - that upon you may come all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of innocent Abel to the blood of Zechari'ah the son of Barachi'ah, whom you murdered between the sanctuary and the altar.

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

Lament over Jerusalem

(Luk 13:34, 35 )

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:37 - "O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, killing the prophets and stoning those who are sent to you! How often would I have gathered your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you would not!

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:38 - Behold, your house is forsaken and desolate.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:39 - For I tell you, you will not see me again, until you say, 'Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.'"
RSV Footnotes
Other ancient authorities here (or after verse 12) verse 14, [Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you devour widows' houses and for a pretense you make long prayers; therefore you will receive the greater condemnation.]
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