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1 Then spake Jesus to the multitude, and to his
disciples, 2 Saying, The scribes and the
Pharisees sit in Moses seat: 3 All
therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe and do; but
do not ye after their works: for they say, and do not. 4 For
they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on
mens shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with one
of their fingers. 5 But all their
works they do for to be seen of men: they make broad their phylacteries,
and enlarge the borders of their garments, 6 And
love the uppermost rooms at feasts, and the chief seats in the synagogues,
7 And greetings in the markets, and to be
called of men, Rabbi, Rabbi. 8 But
be not ye called Rabbi: for one is your Master, even Christ; and
all ye are brethren. 9 And call no man
your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven.
10 Neither be ye called masters: for one
is your Master, even Christ. 11 But
he that is greatest among you shall be your servant. 12 And
whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased; and he that shall humble
himself shall be exalted.
13 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. 14 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. 15 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. 16 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!
17 Ye
fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gold, or the temple that
sanctifieth the gold? 18 And,
Whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whosoever sweareth
by the gift that is upon it, he is guilty. 19 Ye
fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gift, or the altar
that sanctifieth the gift? 20 Whoso
therefore shall swear by the altar, sweareth by it, and by all things
thereon. 21 And whoso shall swear
by the temple, sweareth by it, and by him that dwelleth therein. 22 And
he that shall swear by heaven, sweareth by the throne of God, and by him
that sitteth thereon. 23 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. 24 Ye
blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel. 25 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. 26 Thou
blind Pharisee, cleanse first that which is within the cup and
platter, that the outside of them may be clean also. 27
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 mens bones, and of all uncleanness. 28 Even
so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within ye are full of
hypocrisy and iniquity. 29 Woe unto
you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build the tombs of the
prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous, 30 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. 31 Wherefore
ye be witnesses unto yourselves, that ye are the children of them which
killed the prophets. 32 Fill ye up
then the measure of your fathers. 33 Ye
serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation
of hell?
34 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: 35 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. 36 Verily
I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation. 37 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! 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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