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BSB
Berean Standard Bible
ASV
American Standard Version
Then Jesus spoke
to the crowds
and to His disciples :
Then spake
Jesus to the multitudes
and to his disciples ,
“
The scribes and Pharisees sit in
Moses ’
seat .
saying,
The scribes and the
Pharisees sit on
Moses seat :
So
practice
and
observe
everything
they tell
you .
But do not do
what
they
do,
for they do not practice
what
they
preach
.
all
things
therefore
whatsoever
they bid
you ,
`these'
do
and
observe:
but do not ye
after
their
works;
for they say,
and
do not.
They tie
up
heavy, burdensome
loads
and lay them on men’s
shoulders ,
but they themselves are
not willing
to
lift
a
finger
to
move them.
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
.
All their deeds
are
done
for
men
to see.
They broaden
their phylacteries and lengthen
their tassels.
But
all their works
they
do
to be
seen
of
men:
for
they make
broad
their phylacteries ,
and enlarge
the
borders
`of
their garments',
They
love the places
of
honor
at banquets
, the chief seats in the synagogues,
and
love the chief
place
at feasts
, and
the chief seats in the synagogues,
the greetings
in the marketplaces, and the
title
of ‘
Rabbi ’
by
which
they
are
addressed
.
and
the salutations
in the marketplaces, and to
be
called
of men,
Rabbi.
But you
are
not
to
be called ‘
Rabbi ,’
for you
have
one Teacher, and you
are
all brothers
.
But be not
ye
called Rabbi :
for one is
your
teacher, and all ye
are
brethren
.
And do
not
call anyone
on
earth
your father ,
for you
have
one Father, who is in heaven.
And call no
man
your father on
the
earth:
for one is
your
Father, `even'
he
who is in heaven.
Nor
are
you
to
be called instructors,
for you
have
one Instructor
, the Christ.
Neither
be ye
called masters:
for one is
your
master
, `even'
the Christ.
The
greatest among you shall be your servant.
But
he
that
is
greatest among you shall be your servant.
For
whoever
exalts
himself will
be humbled ,
and whoever
humbles
himself will
be exalted.
And
whosoever
shall
exalt
himself shall
be humbled ;
and whosoever
shall
humble
himself shall
be exalted.
Woe to
you, scribes and Pharisees, you
hypocrites! You
shut the kingdom of heaven in men’s
faces.
You
yourselves do
not
enter
, nor
will
you
let
in those
who
wish
to enter.
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.
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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.
Woe to
you, scribes and Pharisees, you
hypocrites! You
traverse
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
.
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
.
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
. ’
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
.
You
blind
fools !
Which is greater :
the gold, or the temple that makes
it
sacred
?
Ye
fools and
blind:
for
which is greater ,
the gold, or the temple that hath
sanctified
the
gold
?
And you
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
. ’
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
.
You
blind men!
Which is greater :
the gift, or the altar that makes
it
sacred
?
Ye
blind :
for
which is greater ,
the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth
the
gift
?
So
then,
he who
swears
by the altar swears
by it and by everything
on
it
.
He therefore
that
sweareth
by the altar ,
sweareth
by it ,
and by all
things
thereon
.
And he who
swears
by the temple swears
by it and by the
One
who
dwells
in
it
.
And he that
sweareth
by the temple ,
sweareth
by it ,
and by him
that
dwelleth
therein
.
And he who
swears
by heaven swears
by God’s
throne and by the
One
who
sits
on
it
.
And he that
sweareth
by the
heaven ,
sweareth
by the
throne of
God,
and by him
that
sitteth
thereon
.
Woe to
you, scribes and Pharisees, you
hypocrites! You
pay
tithes
of
mint ,
dill
, and cumin.
But
you
have disregarded
the weightier matters of the law :
justice, mercy, and faithfulness.
You
should
have practiced
the
latter
, without
neglecting
the former
.
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
.
You
blind guides !
You
strain out a
gnat but
swallow a
camel .
Ye
blind guides ,
that
strain out the
gnat ,
and
swallow the
camel !
Woe to
you, scribes and Pharisees, you
hypocrites! You
clean
the outside of the cup and dish
, but inside
they are full of
greed
and self-indulgence
.
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
.
Blind Pharisee !
First clean
the inside of the cup and dish
, so
that the outside may become clean as
well
.
Thou
blind Pharisee ,
cleanse
first the inside of the cup and of
the
platter
, that the outside thereof
may become clean also
.
Woe to
you, scribes 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 every
kind
of impurity
.
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
.
In
the
same
way,
on
the
outside
you
appear to
be
righteous, but on
the
inside
you
are full of hypocrisy and wickedness
.
Even
so
ye
also
outwardly
appear righteous unto
men
, but inwardly
ye
are full of hypocrisy and iniquity
.
Woe to
you, scribes and Pharisees, you
hypocrites! You
build
tombs
for the prophets and decorate
the monuments
of the righteous .
Woe unto
you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye
build
the sepulchres
of
the
prophets ,
and garnish
the tombs
of the righteous ,
And you
say, ‘
If we had lived
in the days of our fathers, we would
not have been partners
with them in shedding
the blood of the prophets. ’
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.
So
you
testify
against
yourselves that you
are the
sons of those
who
murdered
the prophets.
Wherefore
ye
witness
to
yourselves ,
that ye
are sons of them
that
slew
the prophets.
Fill up ,
then ,
the measure of the
sin
of
your fathers.
Fill ye
up then the measure of your fathers.
You
snakes!
You
brood
of vipers !
How will
you
escape the sentence
of hell?
Ye
serpents,
ye
offspring
of vipers ,
how shall
ye
escape the judgment
of hell?
Because
of
this
, I am
sending
you prophets and wise men and teachers.
Some of them you
will
kill and crucify ,
and others
you
will
flog
in your synagogues and persecute in
town
after
town.
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:
And
so
upon you will
come all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous
Abel to
the blood of Zechariah
son of Berechiah
, whom you
murdered
between the temple
and the altar.
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.
Truly
I tell
you, all these things will
come upon this generation.
Verily
I say
unto
you, All these things shall
come upon this generation.
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who
kills
the prophets and stones
those
sent to
her ,
how often I have longed
to
gather
your
children together, as a hen gathers
her chicks
under her wings, but
you
were
unwilling
!
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
!
Look
, your house is left to
you desolate.
Behold
, your house is left unto
you desolate.
For I tell
you
that
you will
not see Me again
until
you
say, ‘
Blessed is He who
comes
in the name of the Lord. ’”
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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