⁴⁰ Some of the Pharisees near him heard these things, and said to him, ^(A)“Are we also blind?”

^17 (A)For you say, I am rich, I have prospered, and I need nothing, not realizing that you are wretched, pitiable, poor, ^(B)blind, and naked.

¹² Then the disciples came and said to him, “Do you know that the Pharisees were ^(A)offended when they heard this saying?” ¹³ He answered, ^(B)“Every plant that my heavenly Father has not planted ^(C)will be rooted up. ¹⁴ Let them alone; ^(D)they are blind guides.^[a] And ^(E)if the blind lead the blind, both will fall into a pit.”

¹⁹ and if you are sure that you yourself are ^(A)a guide to the blind, a light to those who are in darkness, ²⁰ an instructor of the foolish, a teacher of children, having in the law ^(B)the embodiment of ^(C)knowledge and truth— ^21 (D)you then who teach others, do you not teach yourself? While you preach against stealing, do you steal? ²² You who say that one must not commit adultery, do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you ^(E)rob temples?

³⁴ They answered him, ^(A)“You were born in utter sin, and would you teach us?” And they ^(B)cast him out.

⁴⁷ The Pharisees answered them, ^(A)“Have you also been deceived? ^48 (B)Have any of the authorities or the Pharisees believed in him? ⁴⁹ But this crowd that does not know the law is accursed.” ^50 (C)Nicodemus, who had gone to him before, and who was one of them, said to them, ^51 (D)“Does our law judge a man without first ^(E)giving him a hearing and learning what he does?” ⁵² They replied, ^(F)“Are you from Galilee too? Search and see that ^(G)no prophet arises from Galilee.”

³⁹ And the Lord said to him, ^(A)“Now you Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup and of the dish, but inside you are full of ^(B)greed and wickedness. ^40 (C)You fools! ^(D)Did not he who made the outside make the inside also? ⁴¹ But ^(E)give as alms those things that are within, and behold, ^(F)everything is clean for you.

^42 (G)“But woe to you Pharisees! For ^(H)you tithe mint and rue and every herb, and neglect ^(I)justice and ^(J)the love of God. ^(K)These you ought to have done, without neglecting the others. ⁴³ Woe to you Pharisees! For ^(L)you love the best seat in the synagogues and greetings in the marketplaces. ⁴⁴ Woe to you! ^(M)For you are like unmarked graves, and people walk over them without knowing it.”

⁴⁵ One of ^(N)the lawyers answered him, “Teacher, in saying these things you insult us also.” ⁴⁶ And he said, “Woe to you ^(O)lawyers also! For ^(P)you load people with burdens hard to bear, and you yourselves do not touch the burdens with one of your fingers. ^47 (Q)Woe to you! For you build the tombs of the prophets whom your fathers killed. ^48 (R)So you are witnesses and you ^(S)consent to the deeds of ^(T)your fathers, for they killed them, and you build their tombs. ⁴⁹ Therefore also ^(U)the Wisdom of God said, ^(V)‘I will send them ^(W)prophets and apostles, ^(X)some of whom they will ^(Y)kill and persecute,’ ⁵⁰ so that ^(Z)the blood of all the prophets, shed ^(AA)from the foundation of the world, may be ^(AB)charged against this generation, ⁵¹ from the blood of ^(AC)Abel to the blood of ^(AD)Zechariah, who perished between ^(AE)the altar and the sanctuary. Yes, I tell you, it will be ^(AF)required of this generation. ⁵² Woe to you ^(AG)lawyers! ^(AH)For you have taken away the key of ^(AI)knowledge. You ^(AJ)did not enter yourselves, and you hindered those who were entering.”

⁵³ As he went away from there, the scribes and the Pharisees began to press him hard and to provoke him to speak about many things, ^54 (AK)lying in wait for him, ^(AL)to catch him in something he might say.

¹⁶ “Woe to ^(A)you, ^(B)blind guides, who say, ^(C)‘If anyone swears by the temple, it is nothing, but if anyone swears by the gold of the temple, he is bound by his oath.’ ¹⁷ You blind fools! For which is greater, the gold or ^(D)the temple that has made the gold sacred? ¹⁸ And you say, ‘If anyone swears by the altar, it is nothing, but if anyone swears by ^(E)the gift that is on the altar, he is bound by his oath.’ ¹⁹ You blind men! For which is greater, the gift or ^(F)the altar that makes the gift sacred? ²⁰ So whoever swears by the altar swears by it and by everything on it. ²¹ And whoever swears by the temple swears by it and by ^(G)him who dwells in it. ²² And whoever swears by ^(H)heaven swears by ^(I)the throne of God and by ^(J)him who sits upon it.

^23 (K)“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For ^(L)you tithe mint and dill and ^(M)cumin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law: ^(N)justice and mercy and faithfulness. ^(O)These you ought to have done, without neglecting the others. ²⁴ You blind guides, straining out a gnat and swallowing ^(P)a camel!

^25 (Q)“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For ^(R)you clean the outside of ^(S)the cup and the plate, but inside they are full of ^(T)greed and self-indulgence. ²⁶ You blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of ^(U)the cup and the plate, that the outside also may be clean.

^27 (V)“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like ^(W)whitewashed tombs, which outwardly appear beautiful, but within are full of dead people's bones and ^(X)all uncleanness. ²⁸ So you also ^(Y)outwardly appear righteous to others, but within you are full of ^(Z)hypocrisy and lawlessness.