Matthew 23:25-33

New American Standard Bible

²⁵“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For ^(A)you clean the outside of the cup and of the dish, but inside they are full ^[a]of robbery and self-indulgence. ²⁶You blind Pharisee, first ^(B)clean the inside of the cup and of the dish, so that the ^[b]outside of it may also become clean.

²⁷“^(C)Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs which on the outside appear beautiful, but inside they are full of dead men’s bones and all uncleanness. ²⁸So you too, outwardly appear righteous to people, but inwardly you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.

²⁹“^(D)Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you build the tombs for the prophets and decorate the monuments of the righteous, ³⁰and you say, ‘If we had been living in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partners with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.’ ³¹So you testify against yourselves, that you ^(E)are ^[c]sons of those who murdered the prophets. ³²^[d]Fill up, then, the measure of the guilt of your fathers. ³³You snakes, ^(F)you ^[e]offspring of vipers, how ^[f]will you escape the ^[g]sentence of ^[h]^(G)hell?

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Footnotes

Matthew 23:25 Or as a result of
Matthew 23:26 If the inside was ritually unclean, the entire vessel was unclean whether the outside was cleaned or not (cf. Num 19:15)
Matthew 23:31 Or descendants
Matthew 23:32 I.e., finish what they started
Matthew 23:33 Or brood
Matthew 23:33 Lit are you to escape
Matthew 23:33 Or judgment
Matthew 23:33 Gr Gehenna

Matthew 23:25-33

New International Version

²⁵“Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and dish,^(A) but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence.^(B) ²⁶Blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and dish, and then the outside also will be clean.

²⁷“Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs,^(C) which look beautiful on the outside but on the inside are full of the bones of the dead and everything unclean. ²⁸In the same way, on the outside you appear to people as righteous but on the inside you are full of hypocrisy and wickedness.

²⁹“Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You build tombs for the prophets^(D) and decorate the graves of the righteous. ³⁰And you say, ‘If we had lived in the days of our ancestors, we would not have taken part with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.’ ³¹So you testify against yourselves that you are the descendants of those who murdered the prophets.^(E) ³²Go ahead, then, and complete^(F) what your ancestors started!^(G)