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They make their phylacteries broad and enlarge the borders of their garments.</span> </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/23-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><span class="woj">They love the</span> <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[b]</a></span><span class="woj">best places at feasts, the best seats in the synagogues,</span> </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/23-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><span class="woj">greetings in the marketplaces, and to be called by men, ‘Rabbi, Rabbi.’</span> </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/23-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><span class="woj">But you, do not be called ‘Rabbi’; for One is your</span> <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[c]</a></span><span class="woj">Teacher,</span> <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[d]</a></span><span class="woj">the Christ, and you are all brethren.</span> </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/23-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><span class="woj">Do not call anyone on earth your father;</span> <span class="woj">for One is your Father, He who is in heaven.</span> </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/23-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><span class="woj">And do not be called teachers; for One is your Teacher, the Christ.</span> </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/23-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><span class="woj">But</span> <span class="woj">he who is greatest among you shall be your servant.</span> </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/23-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><span class="woj">And whoever exalts himself will be</span> <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[e]</a></span><span class="woj">humbled, and he who humbles himself will be</span> <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[f]</a></span><span class="woj">exalted.</span></span></p> <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/23-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span><span class="woj">“But</span> <span class="woj">woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you shut up the kingdom of heaven against men; for you neither go in <i>yourselves,</i> nor do you allow those who are entering to go in.</span> </span> 14<span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[g]</a></span><span class="woj">Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites!</span> <span class="woj">For you devour widows’ houses, and for a pretense make long prayers. Therefore you will receive greater condemnation.</span></span></p> <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/23-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span><span class="woj">“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you travel land and sea to win one proselyte, and when he is won, you make him twice as much a son of</span> <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[h]</a></span><span class="woj">hell as yourselves.</span></span></p> <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/23-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span><span class="woj">“Woe to you,</span> <span class="woj">blind guides, who say,</span> <span class="woj">‘Whoever swears by the temple, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gold of the temple, he is obliged <i>to perform it.</i>’</span> </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/23-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span><span class="woj">Fools and blind! For which is greater, the gold</span> <span class="woj">or the temple that</span> <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[i]</a></span><span class="woj">sanctifies the gold?</span> </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/23-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span><span class="woj">And, ‘Whoever swears by the altar, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gift that is on it, he is obliged <i>to perform it.</i>’</span> </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/23-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span><span class="woj">Fools and blind! For which is greater, the gift</span> <span class="woj">or the altar that sanctifies the gift?</span> </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/23-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span><span class="woj">Therefore he who</span> <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[j]</a></span><span class="woj">swears by the altar, swears by it and by all things on it.</span> </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/23-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span><span class="woj">He who swears by the temple, swears by it and by</span> <span class="woj">Him who</span> <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[k]</a></span><span class="woj">dwells in it.</span> </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/23-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span><span class="woj">And he who swears by heaven, swears by</span> <span class="woj">the throne of God and by Him who sits on it.</span></span></p> <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/23-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span><span class="woj">“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites!</span> <span class="woj">For you pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and</span> <span class="woj">have neglected the weightier <i>matters</i> of the law: justice and mercy and faith. These you ought to have done, without leaving the others undone.</span> </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/23-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span><span class="woj">Blind guides, who strain out a gnat and swallow a camel!</span></span></p> <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/23-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span><span class="woj">“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites!</span> <span class="woj">For you cleanse the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full of extortion and</span> <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[l]</a></span><span class="woj">self-indulgence.</span> </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/23-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span><span class="woj">Blind Pharisee, first cleanse the inside of the cup and dish, that the outside of them may be clean also.</span></span></p> <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/23-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span><span class="woj">“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites!</span> <span class="woj">For you are like whitewashed tombs which indeed appear beautiful outwardly, but inside are full of dead <i>men’s</i> bones and all uncleanness.</span> </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/23-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span><span class="woj">Even so you also outwardly appear righteous to men, but inside you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.</span></span></p> <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/23-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span><span class="woj">“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you build the tombs of the prophets and</span> <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[m]</a></span><span class="woj">adorn the monuments of the righteous,</span> </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/23-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span><span class="woj">and say, ‘If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.’</span></span></p> <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/23-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span><span class="woj">“Therefore you are witnesses against yourselves that</span> <span class="woj">you are sons of those who murdered the prophets.</span> </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/23-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span><span class="woj">Fill up, then, the measure of your fathers’ <i>guilt.</i></span> </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/23-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span><span class="woj">Serpents,</span> <span class="woj">brood</span><span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[n]</a></span> <span class="woj">of vipers! How can you escape the condemnation of hell?</span> </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/23-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span><span class="woj">Therefore, indeed, I send you prophets, wise men, and scribes:</span> <span class="woj"><i>some</i> of them you will kill and crucify, and</span> <span class="woj"><i>some</i> of them you will scourge in your synagogues and persecute from city to city,</span> </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/23-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span><span class="woj">that on you may come all the righteous blood shed on the earth,</span> <span class="woj">from the blood of righteous Abel to</span> <span class="woj">the blood of Zechariah, son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar.</span> </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/23-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span><span class="woj">Assuredly, I say to you, all these things will come upon this generation.</span></span></p> <h3> Jesus Laments over Jerusalem</span></h3><p><span class="text Matt-23-37"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/23-37.htm"><b>37</b></a></span><span class="woj">“O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the one who kills the prophets</span> <span class="woj">and stones those who are sent to her! How often</span> <span class="woj">I wanted to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks</span> <span class="woj">under <i>her</i> wings, but you were not willing!</span> </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/23-38.htm"><b>38</b></a></span><span class="woj">See! Your house is left to you desolate;</span> </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/23-39.htm"><b>39</b></a></span><span class="woj">for I say to you, you shall see Me no more till you say,</span> <span class="woj">‘Blessed <i>is</i> He who comes in the name of the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span>!’</span> <span class="woj">”</span></span></p> <A name="footnotes"></a><div class="footnotes"><h4>Footnotes:</h4><ol><li id="fen-NKJV-23922a"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Matthew 23:3">Matthew 23:3</span> <span class='footnote-text'>NU omits <i>to observe</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-23925b"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Matthew 23:6">Matthew 23:6</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Or <i>place of honor</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-23927c"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Matthew 23:8">Matthew 23:8</span> <span class='footnote-text'><i>Leader</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-23927d"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Matthew 23:8">Matthew 23:8</span> <span class='footnote-text'>NU omits <i>the Christ</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-23931e"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Matthew 23:12">Matthew 23:12</span> <span class='footnote-text'><i>put down</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-23931f"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Matthew 23:12">Matthew 23:12</span> <span class='footnote-text'><i>lifted up</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-23933g"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Matthew 23:14">Matthew 23:14</span> <span class='footnote-text'>NU omits v. <span class="bibleref" data-bibleref="Matt.23.14" href="/passage/?search=Matt.23.14&version=NKJV">14</span>.</span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-23934h"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Matthew 23:15">Matthew 23:15</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Gr. <i>Gehenna</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-23936i"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Matthew 23:17">Matthew 23:17</span> <span class='footnote-text'>NU <i>sanctified</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-23939j"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Matthew 23:20">Matthew 23:20</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Swears an oath</span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-23940k"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Matthew 23:21">Matthew 23:21</span> <span class='footnote-text'>M <i>dwelt</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-23944l"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Matthew 23:25">Matthew 23:25</span> <span class='footnote-text'>M <i>unrighteousness</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-23948m"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Matthew 23:29">Matthew 23:29</span> <span class='footnote-text'><i>decorate</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-23952n"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Matthew 23:33">Matthew 23:33</span> <span class='footnote-text'><i>offspring</i></span></li></ol></div> </span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Holy Bible, New King James Version, Copyright © 1982 Thomas Nelson. 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