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Matthew Chapter 23

Noyes
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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, The scribes and the Pharisees sit in the seat of Moses.
Luke 20:46, Luke 20:46, Mark 12:38, Mark 12:38, Malachi 2:7
3All, therefore, whatever they bid you, do and observe; but do not according to their works; for they say, and do not.
2 Timothy 3:5, 2 Timothy 3:5, Romans 2:19, Romans 2:24, Titus 1:16
4They bind heavy burdens, and lay them on men’s shoulders, and will not themselves move them with a finger.
Luke 11:46, Luke 11:46, Acts 15:10, Acts 15:10, Galatians 6:13
5And all their works they do to be observed by men. They make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge their fringes,
Matthew 6:1, Matthew 6:16, Matthew 6:1, Matthew 6:16, John 12:43
6and love the first place at feasts, and the chief seats in the synagogues,
3 John 1:9, 3 John 1:9, Luke 14:7, Luke 14:11, Luke 11:43
7and salutations in the markets, and to be called by men, Rabbi.
John 1:38, John 1:38, John 1:49, John 1:49, John 20:16
8But be not ye called Rabbi; for one is your teacher; and ye are all brethren.
James 3:1, James 3:1, 1 Corinthians 1:12, 1 Corinthians 1:13, 1 Peter 5:3
9And call no one your father on the earth; 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
10Nor be ye called leaders; for one is your leader, the Christ.
11But the greatest among you will be your servant.
1 Corinthians 9:19, 1 Corinthians 9:19, John 13:14, John 13:15, John 13:14
12And whoever shall exalt himself will be humbled; and whoever shall humble himself will be exalted.
James 4:6, 1 Peter 5:5, James 4:6, 1 Peter 5:5, Proverbs 29:23
13But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites I because ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men; for ye go not in yourselves, nor suffer those who are entering to go in.
Luke 11:52, Luke 11:52, Matthew 23:29, Matthew 23:29, Zechariah 11:17
15Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte; and when he is made, ye make him two-fold mole a son of hell than yourselves.
Ephesians 2:3, Acts 13:10, Acts 13:43, Ephesians 2:3, Acts 13:10
16Woe to you, blind guides, that say, Whoever sweareth by the temple, it is nothing; but whoever sweareth by the gold of the temple, is bound.
Matthew 15:14, Matthew 15:14, Matthew 5:33, Matthew 5:35, Matthew 23:17
17Fools and blind I for which is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifieth the gold?
Matthew 23:19, Matthew 23:19, Numbers 16:38, Numbers 16:39, Numbers 16:38
18And, Whoever sweareth by the altar, it is nothing; but whoever sweareth by the gift that is upon it, is bound.
19Blind men! For which is greater, the gift, or the altar flint sanctifieth the gift?
Exodus 29:37, Exodus 29:37, Exodus 30:29, Exodus 30:29
20He then who sweareth by the altar, sweareth by it, and by all that is upon it;
21and he that sweareth by the temple, sweareth by it, and by him who dwelleth in it;
Psalms 26:8, 1 Kings 8:13, Psalms 26:8, 1 Kings 8:13, 2 Chronicles 6:2
22and he who sweareth by heaven, sweareth by the throne of God, and by him who sitteth thereon.
Matthew 5:34, Matthew 5:34, Psalms 11:4, Isaiah 66:1, Psalms 11:4
23Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithes of the mint, and the dill, and the cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the Law, justice, and mercy, and faith; these ought ye to have done, and not to leave those undone.
Luke 11:42, Luke 11:42, Micah 6:8, Micah 6:8, Hosea 6:6
24Blind 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
25Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside of the cup and the platter, but within they are full of robbery and licentiousness.
Luke 11:39, Luke 11:40, Luke 11:39, Luke 11:40, Matthew 15:19
26Blind Pharisee! cleanse first the inside of the cup, that its outside side also may become clean.
2 Corinthians 7:1, James 4:8, 2 Corinthians 7:1, James 4:8, Hebrews 10:22
27Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like whited sepulchres, which outwardly indeed appear beautiful, but within 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 ye also outwardly appear righteous to men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.
Luke 16:15, Luke 16:15, 1 Samuel 16:7, Matthew 23:5, Psalms 51:6
29Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, and adorn 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 been 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
31So that ye bear witness against yourselves, that ye are the sons of those who killed the prophets.
Acts 7:51, Acts 7:52, Acts 7:51, Acts 7:52, 1 Thessalonians 2:15
32Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers!
Genesis 15:16, Genesis 15:16, Numbers 32:14, Numbers 32:14, 1 Thessalonians 2:16
33Serpents, brood of vipers! how can ye escape the punishment of hell?
Matthew 3:7, Matthew 3:7, Matthew 12:34, Matthew 12:34, John 8:44
34Therefore, behold, I send to you prophets, and wise men, and scribes; some of them ye will kill and crucify, and some of them ye 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 upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah, son of Barachiah, whom ye slew, between the temple and the altar.
Zechariah 1:1, Zechariah 1:1, Hebrews 11:4, 2 Chronicles 24:20, 2 Chronicles 24:22
36Truly do I say to you, All these things will come upon this generation.
Matthew 24:34, Matthew 24:34, Matthew 10:23, Matthew 10:23, Mark 13:30
37Jerusalem, Jerusalem, that killeth the prophets, and stoneth those who are sent to her! How often would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!
Luke 13:34, Luke 13:35, Ruth 2:12, Luke 13:34, Luke 13:35
38Lo! your house is left to you desolate.
Jeremiah 22:5, Jeremiah 22:5, Luke 13:35, Luke 13:35, Luke 21:24
39For I say to you, Ye will not see me henceforth, till ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh 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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