Matthew Chapter 23

• Matthew 23:1
  Matthew.
• Matthew 23:2
  Then Jesus spoke to the multitudes and to his disciples,
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  saying, “The scribes and the Pharisees sit on Moses’ seat.
• Matthew 23:4
  All things therefore whatever they tell you to observe, observe and do, but don’t do their works; for they say, and don’t do.
• Matthew 23:5
  For they bind heavy burdens that are grievous to be borne, and lay them on men’s shoulders; but they themselves will not lift a finger to help them.
• Matthew 23:6
  But they do all their works to be seen by men. They make their phylacteries broad and enlarge the fringes of their garments,
• Matthew 23:7
  and love the place of honor at feasts, the best seats in the synagogues,
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  the salutations in the marketplaces, and to be called ‘Rabbi, Rabbi’ by men.
• Matthew 23:9
  But you are not to be called ‘Rabbi’, for one is your teacher, the Christ, and all of you are brothers.
• Matthew 23:10
  Call no man on the earth your father, for one is your Father, he who is in heaven.
• Matthew 23:11
  Neither be called masters, for one is your master, the Christ.
• Matthew 23:12
  But he who is greatest among you will be your servant.
• Matthew 23:13
  Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.
• Matthew 23:14
  “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you devour widows’ houses, and as a pretense you make long prayers. Therefore you will receive gre...
• Matthew 23:15
  “But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you shut up the Kingdom of Heaven against men; for you don’t enter in yourselves, neither ...
• Matthew 23:16
  Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you travel around by sea and land to make one proselyte; and when he becomes one, you make him twic...
• Matthew 23:17
  “Woe to you, you blind guides, who say, ‘Whoever swears by the temple, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gold of the temple, he is obligated.’
• Matthew 23:18
  You blind fools! For which is greater, the gold or the temple that sanctifies the gold?
• Matthew 23:19
  And, ‘Whoever swears by the altar, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gift that is on it, he is obligated.’
• Matthew 23:20
  You blind fools! For which is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifies the gift?
• Matthew 23:21
  He therefore who swears by the altar, swears by it and by everything on it.
• Matthew 23:22
  He who swears by the temple, swears by it and by him who has been living in it.
• Matthew 23:23
  He who swears by heaven, swears by the throne of God and by him who sits on it.
• Matthew 23:24
  “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint, dill, and cumin, and have left undone the weightier matters of the law: justice, m...
• Matthew 23:25
  You blind guides, who strain out a gnat, and swallow a camel!
• Matthew 23:26
  “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and unr...
• Matthew 23:27
  You blind Pharisee, first clean the inside of the cup and of the platter, that its outside may become clean also.
• Matthew 23:28
  “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitened tombs, which outwardly appear beautiful, but inwardly are full of dead men’s...
• Matthew 23:29
  Even so you also outwardly appear righteous to men, but inwardly you are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.
• Matthew 23:30
  “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you build the tombs of the prophets and decorate the tombs of the righteous,
• Matthew 23:31
  and say, ‘If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we wouldn’t have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.’
• Matthew 23:32
  Therefore you testify to yourselves that you are children of those who killed the prophets.
• Matthew 23:33
  Fill up, then, the measure of your fathers.
• Matthew 23:34
  You serpents, you offspring of vipers, how will you escape the judgment of Gehenna?
• Matthew 23:35
  Therefore, behold, I send to you prophets, wise men, and scribes. Some of them you will kill and crucify; and some of them you will scourge in your sy...
• Matthew 23:36
  that on you may come all the righteous blood shed on the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zachariah son of Barachiah, whom you ...
• Matthew 23:37
  Most certainly I tell you, all these things will come upon this generation.
• Matthew 23:38
  “Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How often I would have gathered your children together, even as a ...
• Matthew 23:39
  Behold, your house is left to you desolate.
• Matthew 23:40
  For I tell you, you will not see me from now on, until you say, ‘Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!’”