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| 1Then Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples, | 1Then Jesus spoke to the crowds and to His disciples: |
| 2“The scribes and the Pharisees sit on Moses’ seat, | 2“The scribes and Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat. |
| 3so do and observe whatever they tell you, but not the works they do. For they preach, but do not practice. | 3So practice and observe everything they tell you. But do not do what they do, for they do not practice what they preach. |
| 4They 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. | 4They tie up heavy, burdensome loads and lay them on men’s shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to lift a finger to move them. |
| 5They do all their deeds to be seen by others. For they make their phylacteries broad and their fringes long, | 5All their deeds are done for men to see. They broaden their phylacteries and lengthen their tassels. |
| 6and they love the place of honor at feasts and the best seats in the synagogues | 6They love the places of honor at banquets, the chief seats in the synagogues, |
| 7and greetings in the marketplaces and being called rabbi by others. | 7the greetings in the marketplaces, and the title of ‘Rabbi’ by which they are addressed. |
| 8But you are not to be called rabbi, for you have one teacher, and you are all brothers. | 8But you are not to be called ‘Rabbi,’ for you have one Teacher, and you are all brothers. |
| 9And call no man your father on earth, for you have one Father, who is in heaven. | 9And do not call anyone on earth your father, for you have one Father, who is in heaven. |
| 10Neither be called instructors, for you have one instructor, the Christ. | 10Nor are you to be called instructors, for you have one Instructor, the Christ. |
| 11The greatest among you shall be your servant. | 11The greatest among you shall be your servant. |
| 12Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted. | 12For whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted. |
| 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. | 13Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the kingdom of heaven in men’s faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let in those who wish to enter. |
| 15Woe 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. | 15Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You traverse land and sea to win a single convert, and when he becomes one, you make him twice as much a son of hell as you are. |
| 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.’ | 16Woe to you, blind guides! You say, ‘If anyone swears by the temple, it means nothing; but if anyone swears by the gold of the temple, he is bound by his oath.’ |
| 17You blind fools! For which is greater, the gold or the temple that has made the gold sacred? | 17You blind fools! Which is greater: the gold, or the temple that makes it sacred? |
| 18And 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.’ | 18And you say, ‘If anyone swears by the altar, it means nothing; but if anyone swears by the gift on it, he is bound by his oath.’ |
| 19You blind men! For which is greater, the gift or the altar that makes the gift sacred? | 19You blind men! Which is greater: the gift, or the altar that makes it sacred? |
| 20So whoever swears by the altar swears by it and by everything on it. | 20So then, he who swears by the altar swears by it and by everything on it. |
| 21And whoever swears by the temple swears by it and by him who dwells in it. | 21And he who swears by the temple swears by it and by the One who dwells in it. |
| 22And whoever swears by heaven swears by the throne of God and by him who sits upon it. | 22And he who swears by heaven swears by God’s throne and by the One who sits on it. |
| 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. | 23Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You pay tithes of mint, dill, and cumin. But you have disregarded the weightier matters of the law: justice, mercy, and faithfulness. You should have practiced the latter, without neglecting the former. |
| 24You blind guides, straining out a gnat and swallowing a camel! | 24You blind guides! You strain out a gnat but swallow a camel. |
| 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. | 25Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence. |
| 26You blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and the plate, that the outside also may be clean. | 26Blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and dish, so that the outside may become clean as well. |
| 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. | 27Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside, but on the inside are full of dead men’s bones and every kind of impurity. |
| 28So you also outwardly appear righteous to others, but within you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness. | 28In the same way, on the outside you appear to be righteous, but on the inside you are full of hypocrisy and wickedness. |
| 29“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you build the tombs of the prophets and decorate the monuments of the righteous, | 29Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You build tombs for the prophets and decorate the monuments of the righteous. |
| 30saying, ‘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.’ | 30And you say, ‘If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partners with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.’ |
| 31Thus you witness against yourselves that you are sons of those who murdered the prophets. | 31So you testify against yourselves that you are the sons of those who murdered the prophets. |
| 32Fill up, then, the measure of your fathers. | 32Fill up, then, the measure of the sin of your fathers. |
| 33You serpents, you brood of vipers, how are you to escape being sentenced to hell? | 33You snakes! You brood of vipers! How will you escape the sentence of hell? |
| 34Therefore 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, | 34Because of this, I am sending you prophets and wise men and teachers. Some of them you will kill and crucify, and others you will flog in your synagogues and persecute in town after town. |
| 35so that on you may come all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah the son of Barachiah, whom you murdered between the sanctuary and the altar. | 35And so upon you will come all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar. |
| 36Truly, I say to you, all these things will come upon this generation. | 36Truly I tell you, all these things will come upon this generation. |
| 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 were not willing! | 37O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling! |
| 38See, your house is left to you desolate. | 38Look, your house is left to you desolate. |
| 39For I tell you, you will not see me again, until you say, ‘Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.’” | 39For I tell you that you will not see Me again until you say, ‘Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord.’ ” |
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