Then spake
Jesus to the multitude, and to his disciples,
02 Saying, The scribes and the Pharisees sit
in Moses' seat:
03 All therefore whatsoever
they bid you observe, that observe and do; but do
not ye after their works: for they say, and do
not.
04 For 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.
05 But all their works they
do for to be seen of men: they make broad their
phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their
garments,
06 And love the uppermost
rooms at feasts, and the chief seats in the
synagogues,
07 And greetings in the
markets, and to be called of men, Rabbi, Rabbi.
08 But be not ye called
Rabbi: for one is your Master, even Christ; and
all ye are brethren.
09 And call no man your
father upon the earth: for one is your Father,
which is in heaven.
10 Neither be ye called
masters: for one is your Master, even Christ.
11 But he that is greatest
among you shall be your servant.
12 And whosoever shall
exalt himself shall be abased; and he that shall
humble himself shall be exalted.
13 But 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.
14 Woe 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 Woe 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.
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 debtor!
17 Ye fools and blind: for
whether is greater, the gold, or the temple that
sanctifieth the gold?
18 And, Whosoever shall
swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whosoever
sweareth by the gift that is upon it, he is
guilty.
19 Ye fools and blind: for
whether is greater, the gift, or the altar that
sanctifieth the gift?
20 Whoso therefore shall
swear by the altar, sweareth by it, and by all
things thereon.
21 And whoso shall swear by
the temple, sweareth by it, and by him that
dwelleth therein.
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22 And he that shall swear
by heaven, sweareth by the throne of God, and by
him that sitteth thereon.
23 Woe 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.
24 Ye blind guides, which
strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel.
25 Woe 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.
26 Thou blind Pharisee,
cleanse first that which is within the cup and
platter, that the outside of them may be clean
also.
27 Woe 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.
28 Even so ye also
outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within
ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.
29 Woe unto you, scribes
and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build the
tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres
of the righteous,
30 And 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.
31 Wherefore ye be
witnesses unto yourselves, that ye are the
children of them which killed the prophets.
32 Fill ye up then the
measure of your fathers.
33 Ye serpents, ye
generation of vipers, how can ye escape the
damnation of hell?
34 Wherefore, 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:
35 That 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.
36 Verily I say unto you,
All these things shall come upon this generation.
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!
38 Behold, your house is
left unto you desolate.
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.
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