23:1 Then spake Jesus to the multitude, and to his disciples,
23:2 Saying The and the Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat:
23:3 All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe and do; but do not ye after their works: for they say, and do not.
23:4 For they bind heavy burdens and to be , and lay them on men’s shoulders, but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers.
23:5 But all their works they do for to be seen of men: they make broad their , and enlarge the borders of their garments,
23:6 And love the uppermost rooms at feasts, and the chief seats in the ,
23:7 And greetings in the markets, and to be called of men, Rabbi, Rabbi.
23:8 But be not ye called Rabbi: for one is your Master, even Christ; and all ye are .
23:9 And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven.
23:10 Neither be ye called masters: for one is your Master, even Christ.
23:11 But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant.
23:12 And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be ; and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted.
23:13 But woe unto you, and , ! 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.
23:14 Woe unto you, and Pharisees, ! for ye widows’ houses, and for a make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the greater .
23:15 Woe unto you, and , ! for ye compass sea and land to make one , and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves.
23:16 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 !
23:17 Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gold, or the temple that the gold?
23:18 And, Whosoever shall swear by the , it is nothing; but whosoever by the gift that is upon it, he is guilty.
23:19 Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gift, or the altar that the gift?
23:20 Whoso therefore shall swear by the , sweareth by it, and by all things thereon.
23:21 And whoso shall swear by the temple, by it, and by him that dwelleth therein.
23:22 And he that shall swear by heaven, sweareth by the throne of God, and by him that sitteth thereon.
23:23 Woe unto you, and , hypocrites! for ye pay of mint and anise and cummin, and have of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.
23:24 Ye blind guides, which , and .
23:25 Woe unto you, keepers "> scribes and , ! for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the , but within they are full of and excess.
23:26 Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first that which is within the cup and , that the outside of them may be clean also.
23:27 Woe unto you, and , hypocrites! for ye are like unto , which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men’s bones, and of all uncleanness.
23:28 Even so ye also outwardly appear unto men, but within ye are full of and .
23:29 Woe unto you, keepers "> scribes and Pharisees, ! because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and the sepulchres of the ,
23:30 And say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been with them in the blood of the prophets.
23:31 Wherefore ye be witnesses unto yourselves, that ye are the children of them which killed the prophets.
23:32 Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers.
23:33 Ye serpents, ye generation of , how can ye escape the of hell?
23:34 Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and keepers "> scribes: and some of them ye shall kill and ; and some of them shall ye in your , and them from city to city:
23:35 That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the .
23:36 Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation.
23:37 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!
23:38 Behold, your house is left unto you .
23:39 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.
