Matthew 23:13–29

¹³But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for ye shut up the kingdom of the heavens before men; for ye do not enter, nor do ye suffer those that are entering to go in. ^{14 15}Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for ye compass the sea and the dry land to make one proselyte, and when he is become such, ye make him twofold more the son of hell than yourselves. ¹⁶Woe to you, blind guides, who say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor. ¹⁷Fools and blind, for which is greater, the gold, or the temple which sanctifies the gold? ¹⁸And, Whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gift that is upon it is a debtor. ¹⁹Fools and blind ones, for which is greater, the gift, or the altar which sanctifies the gift? ²⁰He therefore that swears by the altar swears by it and by all things that are upon it. ²¹And he that swears by the temple swears by it and by him that dwells in it. ²²And he that swears by heaven swears by the throne of God and by him that sits upon it. ²³Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for ye pay tithes of mint and anise and cummin, and ye have left aside the weightier matters of the law, judgment and mercy and faith: these ye ought to have done and not have left those aside. ²⁴Blind guides, who strain out the gnat, but drink down the camel. ²⁵Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the dish, but within they are full of rapine and intemperance. ²⁶Blind Pharisee, make clean first the inside of the cup and of the dish, that their outside also may become clean. ²⁷Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for ye are like whited sepulchres, which appear beautiful outwardly, but within are full of dead men’s bones and all uncleanness. ²⁸Thus also ye, outwardly ye appear righteous to men, but within are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness. ²⁹Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for ye build the sepulchres of the prophets and adorn the tombs of the just,