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Book 40 Matthew Chapter 023

 

023:001Then spake Jesus to the multitude, and to his disciples,

 

023:002Saying The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat:

 

023:003All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe
and do; but do not ye after their works: for they say, and do
not.

 

023:004For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay
them on men's shoulders; but they themselves will not move
them with one of their fingers.

 

023:005But all their works they do for to be seen of men: they make
broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their
garments,

 

023:006And love the uppermost rooms at feasts, and the chief seats in
the synagogues,

 

023:007And greetings in the markets, and to be called of men, Rabbi,
Rabbi.

 

023:008But be not ye called Rabbi: for one is your Master, even
Christ; and all ye are brethren.

 

023:009And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your
Father, which is in heaven.

 

023:010Neither be ye called masters: for one is your Master, even
Christ.

 

023:011But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant.

 

023:012And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased; and he that
shall humble himself shall be exalted.

 

023:013But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye
shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go
in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go
in.

 

023:014Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour
widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore
ye shall receive the greater damnation.

 

023:015Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye
compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is
made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than
yourselves.

 

023:016Woe unto you, ye blind guides, which say, Whosoever shall
swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear
by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor!

 

023:017Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gold, or the
temple that sanctifieth the gold?

 

023:018And, Whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but
whosoever sweareth by the gift that is upon it, he is guilty.

 

023:019Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gift, or the
altar that sanctifieth the gift?

 

023:020Whoso therefore shall swear by the altar, sweareth by it, and
by all things thereon.

 

023:021And whoso shall swear by the temple, sweareth by it, and by
him that dwelleth therein.

 

023:022And he that shall swear by heaven, sweareth by the throne of
God, and by him that sitteth thereon.

 

023:023Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay
tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the
weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith:
these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other
undone.

 

023:024Ye blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel.

 

023:025Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make
clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within
they are full of extortion and excess.

 

023:026Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first that which is within the
cup and platter, that the outside of them may be clean also.

 

023:027Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are
like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful
outward, but are within full of dead men's bones, and of all
uncleanness.

 

023:028Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but
within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.

 

023:029Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye
build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of
the righteous,

 

023:030And say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would
not have been partakers with them in the blood of the
prophets.

 

023:031Wherefore ye be witnesses unto yourselves, that ye are the
children of them which killed the prophets.

 

023:032Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers.

 

023:033Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the
damnation of hell?

 

023:034Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and
scribes: and some of them ye shall kill and crucify; and some
of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute
them from city to city:

 

023:035That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the
earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of
Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple
and the altar.

 

023:036Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this
generation.

 

023:037O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and
stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have
gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her
chickens under her wings, and ye would not!

 

023:038Behold, your house is left unto you desolate.

 

023:039For 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.