23:1 Then
Jesus
said
to
the
crowds
and
to
his
disciples,
23:2 "The
scribes
and
the
Pharisees
sit
on
Moses'
seat,
23:3 so
practice
and
observe
whatever
they
tell
you--but
not
what
they
do.
For
they
preach,
but
do
not
practice.
23:4 They
tie
up
heavy
burdens,
hard
to
bear,
and
lay
them
on
people's
shoulders,
but
they
themselves
are
not
willing
to
move
them
with
their
finger.
23:5 They
do
all
their
deeds
to
be
seen
by
others.
For
they
make
their
phylacteries
broad
and
their
fringes
long,
23:6 and
they
love
the
place
of
honor
at
feasts
and
the
best
seats
in
the
synagogues
23:7 and
greetings
in
the
marketplaces
and
being
called
rabbi
by
others.
23:8 But
you
are
not
to
be
called
rabbi,
for
you
have
one
teacher,
and
you
are
all
brothers.
23:9 And
call
no
man
your
father
on
earth,
for
you
have
one
Father,
who
is
in
heaven.
23:10 Neither
be
called
instructors,
for
you
have
one
instructor,
the
Christ.
23:11 The
greatest
among
you
shall
be
your
servant.
23:12 Whoever
exalts
himself
will
be
humbled,
and
whoever
humbles
himself
will
be
exalted.
23:13 "But
woe
to
you,
scribes
and
Pharisees,
hypocrites!
For
you
shut
the
kingdom
of
heaven
in
people's
faces.
For
you
neither
enter
yourselves
nor
allow
those
who
would
enter
to
go
in.
23:14
23:15 Woe
to
you,
scribes
and
Pharisees,
hypocrites!
For
you
travel
across
sea
and
land
to
make
a
single
proselyte,
and
when
he
becomes
a
proselyte,
you
make
him
twice
as
much
a
child
of
hell
as
yourselves.
23:16 "Woe
to
you,
blind
guides,
who
say,
'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.'
23:17 You
blind
fools!
For
which
is
greater,
the
gold
or
the
temple
that
has
made
the
gold
sacred
23:18 And
you
say,
'If
anyone
swears
by
the
altar,
it
is
nothing,
but
if
anyone
swears
by
the
gift
that
is
on
the
altar,
he
is
bound
by
his
oath.'
23:19 You
blind
men!
For
which
is
greater,
the
gift
or
the
altar
that
makes
the
gift
sacred
23:20 So
whoever
swears
by
the
altar
swears
by
it
and
by
everything
on
it.
23:21 And
whoever
swears
by
the
temple
swears
by
it
and
by
him
who
dwells
in
it.
23:22 And
whoever
swears
by
heaven
swears
by
the
throne
of
God
and
by
him
who
sits
upon
it.
23:23 "Woe
to
you,
scribes
and
Pharisees,
hypocrites!
For
you
tithe
mint
and
dill
and
cumin,
and
have
neglected
the
weightier
matters
of
the
law:
justice
and
mercy
and
faithfulness.
These
you
ought
to
have
done,
without
neglecting
the
others.
23:24 You
blind
guides,
straining
out
a
gnat
and
swallowing
a
camel!
23:25 "Woe
to
you,
scribes
and
Pharisees,
hypocrites!
For
you
clean
the
outside
of
the
cup
and
the
plate,
but
inside
they
are
full
of
greed
and
self-indulgence.
23:26 You
blind
Pharisee!
First
clean
the
inside
of
the
cup
and
the
plate,
that
the
outside
also
may
be
clean.
23:27 "Woe
to
you,
scribes
and
Pharisees,
hypocrites!
For
you
are
like
whitewashed
tombs,
which
outwardly
appear
beautiful,
but
within
are
full
of
dead
people's
bones
and
all
uncleanness.
23:28 So
you
also
outwardly
appear
righteous
to
others,
but
within
you
are
full
of
hypocrisy
and
lawlessness.
23:29 "Woe
to
you,
scribes
and
Pharisees,
hypocrites!
For
you
build
the
tombs
of
the
prophets
and
decorate
the
monuments
of
the
righteous,
23:30 saying,
'If
we
had
lived
in
the
days
of
our
fathers,
we
would
not
have
taken
part
with
them
in
shedding
the
blood
of
the
prophets.'
23:31 Thus
you
witness
against
yourselves
that
you
are
sons
of
those
who
murdered
the
prophets.
23:32 Fill
up,
then,
the
measure
of
your
fathers.
23:33 You
serpents,
you
brood
of
vipers,
how
are
you
to
escape
being
sentenced
to
hell
23:34 Therefore
I
send
you
prophets
and
wise
men
and
scribes,
some
of
whom
you
will
kill
and
crucify,
and
some
you
will
flog
in
your
synagogues
and
persecute
from
town
to
town,
23:35 so
that
on
you
may
come
all
the
righteous
blood
shed
on
earth,
from
the
blood
of
innocent
Abel
to
the
blood
of
Zechariah
the
son
of
Barachiah,
whom
you
murdered
between
the
sanctuary
and
the
altar.
23:36 Truly,
I
say
to
you,
all
these
things
will
come
upon
this
generation.
23:37 "O
Jerusalem,
Jerusalem,
the
city
that
kills
the
prophets
and
stones
those
who
are
sent
to
it!
How
often
would
I
have
gathered
your
children
together
as
a
hen
gathers
her
brood
under
her
wings,
and
you
would
not!
23:38 See,
your
house
is
left
to
you
desolate.
23:39 For
I
tell
you,
you
will
not
see
me
again,
until
you
say,
'Blessed
is
he
who
comes
in
the
name
of
the
Lord.'"