Matthew 23:13–29

¹³But ^swoe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! ^tfor ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in.

¹⁴Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! ^ufor ye devour widows’ houses, and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation.

¹⁵Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one ^xproselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of ^yhell than yourselves.

¹⁶Woe unto you, ^zye blind guides, which say, ^aWhosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor. ¹⁷Ye ^bfools and blind: for whether is greater, the gold, or ^cthe temple that sanctifieth the gold? ¹⁸And, Whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whosoever sweareth by ^dthe gift that is upon it, he is guilty. ¹⁹Ye ^efools and blind: for whether is greater, the gift, or ^fthe altar that sanctifieth the gift? ²⁰Whoso therefore shall swear by the altar, sweareth by it, and by all things thereon. ²¹And whoso shall swear by the temple, sweareth by it, and by ^ghim that dwelleth therein. ²²And he that shall swear by heaven, sweareth by ^hthe throne of God, and by him that sitteth thereon.

²³ⁱWoe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and ^khave omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone. ^24lYe blind guides, which strain out a gnat, and swallow ^ma camel.

²⁵Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! ⁿfor ye make clean the outside of the ^ocup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and ^pexcess. ²⁶Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first that which is within the ^ocup and platter, that the outside of them may be clean also.

^27qWoe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto ^rwhited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men’s bones, and of ^sall uncleanness. ²⁸Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.

^29tWoe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and ^ugarnish the sepulchres of the righteous,