| 1 Then spake Jesus to the multitudes and to his disciples,
2 saying, The scribes and the Pharisees sit on Moses seat: 3 all things
therefore whatsoever they bid you, these do and observe: but do not
ye after their works; for they say, and do not. 4 Yea, they bind heavy
burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men's shoulders; but they
themselves will not move them with their finger. 5 But all their works
they do to be seen of men: for they make broad their phylacteries, and
enlarge the borders of their garments, 6 and love the chief place
at feasts, and the chief seats in the synagogues, 7 and the salutations in
the marketplaces, and to be called of men, Rabbi. 8 But be not ye called
Rabbi: for one is your teacher, and all ye are brethren. 9 And call no man
your father on the earth: for one is your Father, even he who is in
heaven. 10 Neither be ye called masters: for one is your master,
even the Christ. 11 But he that is greatest among you shall be
your servant. 12 And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be humbled; and
whosoever shall humble himself shall be exalted.
13 But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye shut
the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye enter not in yourselves, neither
suffer ye them that are entering in to enter. 14 Woe unto you,
scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows' houses, even while
for a pretence ye make long prayers: therefore ye shall receive greater
condemnation.
15 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and
land to make one proselyte; and when he is become so, ye make him twofold
more a son of hell than yourselves.
16 Woe unto you, ye blind guides, that say, Whosoever shall swear by the
temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple,
he is a debtor. 17 Ye fools and blind: for which is greater, the gold, or
the temple that hath sanctified the gold? 18 And, Whosoever shall swear by
the altar, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gift that is upon
it, he is a debtor. 19 Ye blind: for which is greater, the gift, or the
altar that sanctifieth the gift? 20 He therefore that sweareth by the
altar, sweareth by it, and by all things thereon. 21 And he that sweareth
by the temple, sweareth by it, and by him that dwelleth therein. 22 And he
that sweareth by the heaven, sweareth by the throne of God, and by him that
sitteth thereon.
23 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye tithe mint and
anise and cummin, and have left undone the weightier matters of the law,
justice, and mercy, and faith: but these ye ought to have done, and not to
have left the other undone. 24 Ye blind guides, that strain out the gnat,
and swallow the camel!
25 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye cleanse the
outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full from
extortion and excess. 26 Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first the inside of
the cup and of the platter, that the outside thereof may become clean
also.
27 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto
whited sepulchres, which outwardly appear beautiful, but inwardly are full of
dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness. 28 Even so ye also outwardly
appear righteous unto men, but inwardly ye are full of hypocrisy and
iniquity.
29 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye build the
sepulchres of the prophets, and garnish the tombs of the righteous, 30 and
say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we should not have been
partakers with them in the blood of the prophets. 31 Wherefore ye witness
to yourselves, that ye are sons of them that slew the prophets. 32 Fill ye
up then the measure of your fathers. 33 Ye serpents, ye offspring of
vipers, how shall ye escape the judgment of hell? 34 Therefore, behold, I
send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: some of them shall ye kill
and crucify; and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and
persecute from city to city: 35 that upon you may come all the righteous
blood shed on the earth, from the blood of Abel the righteous unto the blood
of Zachariah son of Barachiah, whom ye slew between the sanctuary and the
altar. 36 Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this
generation.
37 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, that killeth the prophets, and stoneth them
that are sent unto her! how often would I have gathered thy children
together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would
not! 38 Behold, your house is left unto you desolate. 39 For I say unto
you, Ye shall not see me henceforth, till ye shall say, Blessed is he
that cometh in the name of the Lord.
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