the cursed are condemned for their outward comeliness, which in reality is merely like whited sepulchers, secretly containing all manner of uncleanness.”90 “And what do you understand to be the one remaining comparison between the last beatitude and the last woe?” “Jesus comforted the righteous who were suffering persecution, saying that they should rejoice, for so their enemies persecuted the prophets before them.91 Similarly, in the last of the woes, Jesus condemned the religious leaders, for they