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Matthew Chapter 23

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THE GOSPEL

Matthew 23

1Then Jesus spoke to the multitudes and to his disciples,
Matthew 15:10, Matthew 15:20, Luke 20:45, Luke 20:46, Luke 12:1
2saying, "Upon the seat of Moses the Pharisees and scribes sit.
Luke 20:46, Luke 20:46, Mark 12:38, Mark 12:38, Malachi 2:7
3All which they will say unto you, observe and do; but their works do not do, because they say, and do not do.
2 Timothy 3:5, 2 Timothy 3:5, Romans 2:19, Romans 2:24, Titus 1:16
4For they bind heavy burdens that are grievous to be borne, and lay them on men's shoulders; but they themselves will not lift a finger to help them.
Luke 11:46, Luke 11:46, Acts 15:10, Acts 15:10, Galatians 6:13
5But all their works they do to be seen by others. They make their tefillin broad and enlarge the fringe of their garments,
Matthew 6:1, Matthew 6:16, Matthew 6:1, Matthew 6:16, John 12:43
6and love the place of honor at feasts, the best seats in the synagogues,
3 John 1:9, 3 John 1:9, Luke 14:7, Luke 14:11, Luke 11:43
7the salutations in the marketplaces, and to be called 'Rabbi' by men.
John 1:38, John 1:38, John 1:49, John 1:49, John 20:16
8But you are not to be called 'Rabbi,' for one is your Teacher, and all of you are brothers.
James 3:1, James 3:1, 1 Corinthians 1:12, 1 Corinthians 1:13, 1 Peter 5:3
9Call no man on the earth your father, for one is your Father, he who is in heaven.
1 John 3:1, 1 John 3:1, Hebrews 12:9, Hebrews 12:9, Job 32:21
10Neither be called masters, for one is your master, the Messiah.
11But he who is greatest among you will be your servant.
1 Corinthians 9:19, 1 Corinthians 9:19, John 13:14, John 13:15, John 13:14
12Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.
James 4:6, 1 Peter 5:5, James 4:6, 1 Peter 5:5, Proverbs 29:23
13"But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you shut up the Kingdom of Heaven against men; for you do not enter in yourselves, neither do you allow those who are entering in to enter." [
Luke 11:52, Luke 11:52, Matthew 23:29, Matthew 23:29, Zechariah 11:17
14Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you devour widows' houses, and as a pretense you make long prayers. Therefore you will receive greater condemnation.]
15Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you travel around by sea and land to make one proselyte; and when he becomes one, you make him twice as much of a son of hell as yourselves.
Ephesians 2:3, Acts 13:10, Acts 13:43, Ephesians 2:3, Acts 13:10
16"Woe to you, you blind guides, who say, 'Whoever swears by the temple, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gold of the temple, he is obligated.'
Matthew 15:14, Matthew 15:14, Matthew 5:33, Matthew 5:35, Matthew 23:17
17You blind fools! For which is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifies the gold?
Matthew 23:19, Matthew 23:19, Numbers 16:38, Numbers 16:39, Numbers 16:38
18'Whoever swears by the altar, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gift that is on it, he is obligated?'
19You blind men! For which is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifies the gift?
Exodus 29:37, Exodus 29:37, Exodus 30:29, Exodus 30:29
20He therefore who swears by the altar, swears by it, and by everything on it.
21He who swears by the temple, swears by it, and by him who was living in it.
Psalms 26:8, 1 Kings 8:13, Psalms 26:8, 1 Kings 8:13, 2 Chronicles 6:2
22He who swears by heaven, swears by the throne of God, and by him who sits on it.
Matthew 5:34, Matthew 5:34, Psalms 11:4, Isaiah 66:1, Psalms 11:4
23"Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint, dill, and cumin, and have left undone the weightier matters of the Law: justice, mercy, and faith. But you ought to have done these, and not to have left the other undone.
Luke 11:42, Luke 11:42, Micah 6:8, Micah 6:8, Hosea 6:6
24You blind guides, who strain out a gnat, and swallow a camel!
Matthew 19:24, Matthew 19:24, Matthew 27:6, Matthew 27:8, Luke 6:7
25"Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and self-indulgence.
Luke 11:39, Luke 11:40, Luke 11:39, Luke 11:40, Matthew 15:19
26You blind Pharisee, first clean the inside of the cup and of the platter, that its outside may become clean also.
2 Corinthians 7:1, James 4:8, 2 Corinthians 7:1, James 4:8, Hebrews 10:22
27"Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitened tombs, which outwardly appear beautiful, but inwardly are full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness.
Acts 23:3, Acts 23:3, Luke 11:44, Luke 11:44, Isaiah 58:1
28Even so you also outwardly appear righteous to men, but inwardly you are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.
Luke 16:15, Luke 16:15, 1 Samuel 16:7, Matthew 23:5, Psalms 51:6
29"Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you build the tombs of the prophets, and decorate the tombs of the righteous,
Luke 11:47, Luke 11:48, Luke 11:47, Luke 11:48, Acts 2:29
30and say, 'If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.'
Matthew 23:34, Matthew 23:35, Matthew 21:35, Matthew 21:36, Jeremiah 2:30
31Therefore you testify to yourselves that you are children of those who killed the prophets.
Acts 7:51, Acts 7:52, Acts 7:51, Acts 7:52, 1 Thessalonians 2:15
32Fill up, then, the measure of your fathers.
Genesis 15:16, Genesis 15:16, Numbers 32:14, Numbers 32:14, 1 Thessalonians 2:16
33You serpents, you offspring of vipers, how will you escape the judgment of hell?
Matthew 3:7, Matthew 3:7, Matthew 12:34, Matthew 12:34, John 8:44
34Therefore, behold, I send to you prophets, wise men, and scribes. Some of them you will kill and crucify; and some of them you will scourge in your synagogues, and persecute from city to city;
Matthew 10:16, Matthew 10:17, Matthew 10:16, Matthew 10:17, Matthew 13:52
35that on you may come all the righteous blood shed on the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah son of Berechiah, whom you killed between the sanctuary and the altar.
Zechariah 1:1, Zechariah 1:1, Hebrews 11:4, 2 Chronicles 24:20, 2 Chronicles 24:22
36Truly I tell you, that all these things will come upon this generation.
Matthew 24:34, Matthew 24:34, Matthew 10:23, Matthew 10:23, Mark 13:30
37"Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets, and stones those who are sent to her! How often I would have gathered your children together, even as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you would not!
Luke 13:34, Luke 13:35, Ruth 2:12, Luke 13:34, Luke 13:35
38Behold, your house is left to you desolate.
Jeremiah 22:5, Jeremiah 22:5, Luke 13:35, Luke 13:35, Luke 21:24
39For I tell you, you will not see me from now on, until you say, 'Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!'"
Psalms 118:26, Psalms 118:26, Matthew 21:9, Matthew 21:9, Romans 11:25

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