23 (A)[a]Woe be to you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites: for ye tithe mint, and anise, and cummin, and leave the weightier matters of the law, as judgment, and mercy and [b]fidelity. These ought ye to have done, and not to have left the other.

24 Ye blind guides, which strain out a gnat, and swallow a camel.

25 [c]Woe be to you, (B)Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites: for ye make clean the utter side of the cup, and of the platter: but within they are full of bribery and excess.

26 Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first the inside of the cup and platter, that the outside of them may be clean also.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 23:23 Hypocrites are careful in trifles, and neglect the greatest things of purpose.
  2. Matthew 23:23 Faithfulness in keeping of promises.
  3. Matthew 23:25 Hypocrites are too much careful of outward things, and the inward they utterly contemn.

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