Hypocrites

Mat 23:13 “Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the kingdom of heaven in men’s faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let those enter who are trying to.^[c]

Mat 23:15 “Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You travel over land and sea to win a single convert, and when he becomes one, you make him twice as much a son of hell as you are.

Mat 23:16 “Woe to you, blind guides! You say, ‘If anyone swears by the temple, it means nothing; but if anyone swears by the gold of the temple, he is bound by his oath.’

Mat 23:17 You blind fools! Which is greater: the gold, or the temple that makes the gold sacred?

Mat 23:18 You also say, ‘If anyone swears by the altar, it means nothing; but if anyone swears by the gift on it, he is bound by his oath.’

Mat 23:19 You blind men! Which is greater: the gift, or the altar that makes the gift sacred?

Mat 23:20 Therefore, he who swears by the altar swears by it and by everything on it.

Mat 23:21 And he who swears by the temple swears by it and by the one who dwells in it.

Mat 23:22 And he who swears by heaven swears by God’s throne and by the one who sits on it.

Mat 23:23 “Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You give a tenth of your spices—mint, dill and cummin. But you have neglected the more important matters of the law—justice, mercy and faithfulness. You should have practiced the latter, without neglecting the former.

Mat 23:24 You blind guides! You strain out a gnat but swallow a camel.

Mat 23:25 “Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence.

Mat 23:26 Blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and dish, and then the outside also will be clean.

Mat 23:27 “Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside but on the inside are full of dead men’s bones and everything unclean.

Mat 23:28 In the same way, on the outside you appear to people as righteous but on the inside you are full of hypocrisy and wickedness.

Mat 23:29 “Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You build tombs for the prophets and decorate the graves of the righteous.

Mat 23:30 And you say, ‘If we had lived in the days of our forefathers, we would not have taken part with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.’

Mat 23:31 So you testify against yourselves that you are the descendants of those who murdered the prophets.

Mat 23:32 Fill up, then, the measure of the sin of your forefathers!

Mat 23:33 “You snakes! You brood of vipers! How will you escape being condemned to hell?