Matthew 23
<SUP id=en-KJV-23920 class=versenum>1</SUP>Then spake Jesus to the multitude, and to his disciples,
<SUP id=en-KJV-23921 class=versenum>2</SUP>Saying The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat:
<SUP id=en-KJV-23922 class=versenum>3</SUP>All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe and do; but do not ye after their works: for they say, and do not.
<SUP id=en-KJV-23923 class=versenum>4</SUP>For 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.
<SUP id=en-KJV-23924 class=versenum>5</SUP>But all their works they do for to be seen of men: they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments,
<SUP id=en-KJV-23925 class=versenum>6</SUP>And love the uppermost rooms at feasts, and the chief seats in the synagogues,
<SUP id=en-KJV-23926 class=versenum>7</SUP>And greetings in the markets, and to be called of men, Rabbi, Rabbi.
<SUP id=en-KJV-23927 class=versenum>8</SUP>But be not ye called Rabbi: for one is your Master, even Christ; and all ye are brethren.
<SUP id=en-KJV-23928 class=versenum>9</SUP>And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven.
<SUP id=en-KJV-23929 class=versenum>10</SUP>Neither be ye called masters: for one is your Master, even Christ.
<SUP id=en-KJV-23930 class=versenum>11</SUP>But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant.
<SUP id=en-KJV-23931 class=versenum>12</SUP>And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased; and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted.
<SUP id=en-KJV-23932 class=versenum>13</SUP>But 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.
<SUP id=en-KJV-23933 class=versenum>14</SUP>Woe 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.
<SUP id=en-KJV-23934 class=versenum>15</SUP>Woe 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.
<SUP id=en-KJV-23935 class=versenum>16</SUP>Woe 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!
<SUP id=en-KJV-23936 class=versenum>17</SUP>Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifieth the gold?
<SUP id=en-KJV-23937 class=versenum>18</SUP>And, Whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whosoever sweareth by the gift that is upon it, he is guilty.
<SUP id=en-KJV-23938 class=versenum>19</SUP>Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth the gift?
<SUP id=en-KJV-23939 class=versenum>20</SUP>Whoso therefore shall swear by the altar, sweareth by it, and by all things thereon.
<SUP id=en-KJV-23940 class=versenum>21</SUP>And whoso shall swear by the temple, sweareth by it, and by him that dwelleth therein.
<SUP id=en-KJV-23941 class=versenum>22</SUP>And he that shall swear by heaven, sweareth by the throne of God, and by him that sitteth thereon.
<SUP id=en-KJV-23942 class=versenum>23</SUP>Woe 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.
<SUP id=en-KJV-23943 class=versenum>24</SUP>Ye blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel.
<SUP id=en-KJV-23944 class=versenum>25</SUP>Woe 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.
<SUP id=en-KJV-23945 class=versenum>26</SUP>Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first that which is within the cup and platter, that the outside of them may be clean also.
<SUP id=en-KJV-23946 class=versenum>27</SUP>Woe 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.
<SUP id=en-KJV-23947 class=versenum>28</SUP>Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.
<SUP id=en-KJV-23948 class=versenum>29</SUP>Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous,
<SUP id=en-KJV-23949 class=versenum>30</SUP>And 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.
<SUP id=en-KJV-23950 class=versenum>31</SUP>Wherefore ye be witnesses unto yourselves, that ye are the children of them which killed the prophets.
<SUP id=en-KJV-23951 class=versenum>32</SUP>Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers.
<SUP id=en-KJV-23952 class=versenum>33</SUP>Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell?
<SUP id=en-KJV-23953 class=versenum>34</SUP>Wherefore, 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:
<SUP id=en-KJV-23954 class=versenum>35</SUP>That 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.
<SUP id=en-KJV-23955 class=versenum>36</SUP>Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation.
<SUP id=en-KJV-23956 class=versenum>37</SUP>O 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!
<SUP id=en-KJV-23957 class=versenum>38</SUP>Behold, your house is left unto you desolate. <SUP id=en-KJV-23958 class=versenum>39</SUP>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.