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but do not ye according to their works, for they say and do not:<Fr> <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/23-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><FR>for they bind grievous and intolerable burthens, and impose them upon men; but they <Fr><i>themselves</i><FR> will not put a finger to them:<Fr> <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/23-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><FR>but they do all their works to be seen by men; they make their phylacteries broad, and enlarge the fringes of their garments,<Fr> <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/23-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><FR>and love the uppermost places at feasts,<Fr> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/23-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><FR>and the chief seats in the synagogues, and salutations in public assemblies, and to be called by men Rabbi, Rabbi.<Fr> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/23-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><FR>But be not ye called Rabbi; for one is your instructor <Fr><i>even</i><FR> Christ, and ye are all brethren.<Fr> <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/23-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><FR>Neither call <Fr><i>any man</i><FR> upon earth Father; for one is your Father, <Fr><i>who is</i><FR> in heaven:<Fr> <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/23-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><FR>neither be ye called masters; for one is your master, even Christ.<Fr> <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/23-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><FR>But let him that is greatest among you be your minister: and whosoever will exalt himself shall be abased,<Fr> <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/23-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><FR>and whosoever will humble himself shall be exalted.<Fr><p> <A name=""></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/23-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span><FR>But wo unto you scribes and pharisees, hypocrites, who shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, nor suffer those that are entering to go in.<Fr> <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/23-13.htm"><b>14</b></a></span><FR>Wo unto you scribes and pharisees, hypocrites; for ye devour widows houses, and for a cover make long prayers: therefore ye shall receive the heavier judgement.<Fr><p> <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/23-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span><FR>Wo unto you scribes and pharisees, hypocrites: for ye compass sea and land to make a proselyte, and when he is gained, ye make him more the child of hell than yourselves.<Fr><p> <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/23-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span><FR>Wo unto you, <Fr><i>ye</i><FR> blind guides, who say, If any <Fr><i>one</i><FR> swear by the temple, it is nothing;<Fr> <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/23-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span><FR>but if any <Fr><i>man</i><FR> swear by the gold of the temple, <Fr><i>the oath</i><FR> is binding. Foolish and blind <Fr><i>creatures!</i><FR> for which is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifieth the gold?<Fr> <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/23-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span><FR>And, If any <Fr><i>one</i><FR> swear by the altar, it is nothing; but if any one swear by the gift upon it, he is bound.<Fr> <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/23-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span><FR>O foolish and blind! for which is greater, the gift, or the altar which sanctifieth the gift?<Fr> <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/23-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span><FR>He then, that sweareth by the altar, sweareth by it and by all <Fr><i>things</i><FR> upon it:<Fr> <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/23-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span><FR>and he, that sweareth by the temple, sweareth by it, and by Him that dwelleth in it:<Fr> <A name="23"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/23-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span><FR>and he, that sweareth by heaven, sweareth by the throne of God, and by Him that sitteth upon it.<Fr><p> <A name="24"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/23-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span><FR>Wo unto you scribes and pharisees, hypocrites, who tithe <Fr><i>even your</i><FR> mint, and anise, and cummin, but neglect the weightier matters of the law, judgement, mercy, and fidelity: these ye ought <Fr><i>undoubtedly</i><FR> to practise, and not to omit the others.<Fr> <A name="25"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/23-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span><FR>Blind guides, who strain out a gnat, and swallow a camel!<Fr><p> <A name="26"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/23-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span><FR>Wo unto you scribes and pharisees, hypocrites; for ye clean the outside of the cup and of the dish, but within they are full of rapine and intemperance:<Fr> <A name="27"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/23-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span><FR>thou blind pharisee, cleanse first the inside of the cup and of the dish, that the outside of them may be also clean.<Fr><p> <A name="28"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/23-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span><FR>Wo unto you scribes and pharisees, hypocrites; who are like whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful without, but within are full of the bones of the dead, and all <Fr><i>manner of</i><FR> filthiness;<Fr> <A name="29"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/23-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span><FR>so do ye likewise outwardly appear to men <Fr><i>to be</i><FR> righteous, but within are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.<Fr><p> <A name="30"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/23-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span><FR>Wo unto you scribes and pharisees, hypocrites; who build the tombs of the prophets, and adorn the monuments of the just,<Fr> <A name="31"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/23-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span><FR>and say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been concerned with them in <Fr><i>shedding</i><FR> the blood of the prophets:<Fr> <A name="32"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/23-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span><FR>so that ye are witnesses yourselves, that ye are the children of those who killed the prophets:<Fr> <A name="33"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/23-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span><FR>fill up then the measure of your fathers, ye serpents, ye brood of vipers:<Fr> <A name="34"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/23-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span><FR>how can ye escape the damnation of hell?<Fr><p> <A name="35"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/23-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span><FR>For behold I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes; and <Fr><i>some</i><FR> of them ye will kill and crucify, and <Fr><i>some</i><FR> of them ye will scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from city to city:<Fr> <A name="36"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/23-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span><FR>that upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel, to the blood of Zacharias the son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar.<Fr> <A name="37"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/23-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span><FR>Verily I tell you, all these <Fr><i>things</i><FR> shall come upon this generation.<Fr><p> <A name="38"></a><p class="hdg">Lament over Jerusalem<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../luke/13.htm#31">Luke 13:31–35</a>)</span><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/23-37.htm"><b>37</b></a></span><FR>O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under <Fr><i>her</i><FR> wings, and ye would not!<Fr> <A name="39"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/23-38.htm"><b>38</b></a></span><FR>Behold your house shall be left you desolate:<Fr> <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/23-39.htm"><b>39</b></a></span><FR>for I tell you, ye shall not see me after this, till ye shall say, Blessed <Fr><i>is</i><FR> He that cometh in the name of the Lord.<Fr><p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Worsley's New Testament (1770)<br><br>Digital Text Courtesy <a href="https://theword.net">TheWord.net Bible Software</a>.<br><br>Section Headings Courtesy <a href="https://berean.bible">Berean Bible</a>.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../matthew/22.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Matthew 22"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Matthew 22" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../matthew/24.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Matthew 24"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Matthew 24" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchapnoad.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>