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Matthew 23

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  1. 1Then spake Jesus to the multitude, and to his disciples,10 cross-references: Matthew 15:10–20, Luke 20:45–46, Luke 12:1, Luke 12:57, Mark 7:14
  2. 2Saying, The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat:23 cross-references: Luke 20:46, Mark 12:38, Malachi 2:7, Ezra 7:25, Ezra 7:6
  3. 3All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe and do; but do not ye after their works: for they say, and do not.19 cross-references: 2 Timothy 3:5, Romans 2:19–24, Titus 1:16, Acts 5:29, Psalms 50:16–20
  4. 4For 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.16 cross-references: Luke 11:46, Acts 15:10, Galatians 6:13, Matthew 11:28–30, Matthew 23:23
  5. 5But all their works they do for to be seen of men: they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments,48 cross-references: Matthew 6:1–16, John 12:43, Philippians 2:3, Deuteronomy 6:8, Luke 16:15
  6. 6And love the uppermost rooms at feasts, and the chief seats in the synagogues,14 cross-references: 3 John 1:9, Luke 14:7–11, Luke 11:43–54, Mark 12:38–39, Proverbs 25:6–7
  7. 7And greetings in the markets, and to be called of men, Rabbi, Rabbi.21 cross-references: John 1:38, John 1:49, John 20:16, John 3:2, John 3:26
  8. 8But be not ye called Rabbi: for one is your Master, even Christ; and all ye are brethren.36 cross-references: James 3:1, 1 Corinthians 1:12–13, 1 Peter 5:3, Luke 22:32, Matthew 23:10
  9. 9And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven.21 cross-references: 1 John 3:1, Hebrews 12:9, Job 32:21–22, Malachi 1:6, Romans 8:14–17
  10. 10Neither be ye called masters: for one is your Master, even Christ.
  11. 11But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant.13 cross-references: 1 Corinthians 9:19, John 13:14–15, Galatians 5:13, Mark 10:43–44, Luke 22:26–27
  12. 12And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased; and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted.24 cross-references: James 4:6, 1 Peter 5:5, Proverbs 29:23, Luke 14:11, Matthew 18:4
  13. 13But 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.117 cross-references: Luke 11:52, Matthew 23:29, Zechariah 11:17, Matthew 23:23, Matthew 23:27
  14. 14Woe 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. 15Woe 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.28 cross-references: Ephesians 2:3, Acts 13:10, Acts 13:43, John 8:44, Acts 14:2
  16. 16Woe 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!45 cross-references: Matthew 15:14, Matthew 5:33–35, Matthew 23:17, James 5:12, Matthew 23:24
  17. 17Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifieth the gold?12 cross-references: Matthew 23:19, Numbers 16:38–39, Exodus 30:26–29, Psalms 94:8
  18. 18And, Whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whosoever sweareth by the gift that is upon it, he is guilty.
  19. 19Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth the gift?15 cross-references: Exodus 29:37, Exodus 30:29
  20. 20Whoso therefore shall swear by the altar, sweareth by it, and by all things thereon.
  21. 21And whoso shall swear by the temple, sweareth by it, and by him that dwelleth therein.11 cross-references: Psalms 26:8, 1 Kings 8:13, 2 Chronicles 6:2, 2 Chronicles 7:2, Psalms 132:13–14
  22. 22And he that shall swear by heaven, sweareth by the throne of God, and by him that sitteth thereon.6 cross-references: Matthew 5:34, Psalms 11:4, Isaiah 66:1, Revelation 4:2–3, Acts 7:49
  23. 23Woe 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.41 cross-references: Luke 11:42, Micah 6:8, Hosea 6:6, Matthew 9:13, Matthew 5:19–20
  24. 24Ye blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel.17 cross-references: Matthew 19:24, Matthew 27:6–8, Luke 6:7–10, Matthew 23:16, Matthew 7:4
  25. 25Woe 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.27 cross-references: Luke 11:39–40, Matthew 15:19–20, Isaiah 28:7–8, Mark 7:4–13
  26. 26Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first that which is within the cup and platter, that the outside of them may be clean also.18 cross-references: 2 Corinthians 7:1, James 4:8, Hebrews 10:22, Isaiah 55:7, Ezekiel 18:31
  27. 27Woe 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.19 cross-references: Acts 23:3, Luke 11:44, Isaiah 58:1–2, Numbers 19:16
  28. 28Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.15 cross-references: Luke 16:15, 1 Samuel 16:7, Matthew 23:5, Psalms 51:6, Matthew 12:34–35
  29. 29Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous,12 cross-references: Luke 11:47–48, Acts 2:29
  30. 30And 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.18 cross-references: Matthew 23:34–35, Matthew 21:35–36, Jeremiah 2:30, 2 Chronicles 36:15
  31. 31Wherefore ye be witnesses unto yourselves, that ye are the children of them which killed the prophets.31 cross-references: Acts 7:51–52, 1 Thessalonians 2:15–16, Joshua 24:22, Job 15:5–6, Luke 19:22
  32. 32Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers.27 cross-references: Genesis 15:16, Numbers 32:14, 1 Thessalonians 2:16, Zechariah 5:6–11
  33. 33Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell?41 cross-references: Matthew 3:7, Matthew 12:34, John 8:44, Matthew 5:22, Luke 3:7
  34. 34Wherefore, 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:86 cross-references: Matthew 10:16–17, Matthew 13:52, Colossians 1:28, Matthew 10:23, Acts 13:1
  35. 35That 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.61 cross-references: Zechariah 1:1, Hebrews 11:4, 2 Chronicles 24:20–22, Genesis 4:8, Revelation 18:24
  36. 36Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation.14 cross-references: Matthew 24:34, Matthew 10:23, Mark 13:30–31, Ezekiel 12:21–28, Luke 21:32–33
  37. 37O 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!98 cross-references: Luke 13:34–35, Ruth 2:12, Psalms 91:4, Deuteronomy 32:11–12, Psalms 17:8
  38. 38Behold, your house is left unto you desolate.25 cross-references: Jeremiah 22:5, Luke 13:35, Luke 21:24, Luke 19:43–44, Acts 6:13–14
  39. 39For 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.24 cross-references: Psalms 118:26, Matthew 21:9, Romans 11:25, Luke 17:22, John 8:21

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