Matthew 23:13-16

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13} “But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You lock up the kingdom of heaven from people. For you don’t go in, and you don’t allow those entering to go in.^(A) ^{Tools
14} [“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You devour widows’ houses and make long prayers just for show.^(a) This is why you will receive a harsher punishment.]^(b)

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15} “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You travel over land and sea to make one proselyte,^(B) and when he becomes one, you make him twice as fit for hell^(c) as you are!

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16} “Woe to you, blind guides,^(C) who say, ‘Whoever takes an oath by the sanctuary, it means nothing. But whoever takes an oath^(D) by the gold of the sanctuary is bound by his oath.’^(d)

Footnotes:

a. Matthew 23:14: Or prayers with false motivation

b. Matthew 23:14: Other mss omit bracketed text

c. Matthew 23:15: Lit twice the son of gehenna

d. Matthew 23:16: Lit is obligated

Cross references:

A. Matthew 23:13: Matthew 23:15; Matthew 23:23; Matthew 23:25; Luke 11:52

B. Matthew 23:15: Acts 2:11; Acts 6:5; Acts 13:43

C. Matthew 23:16: Matthew 15:14; Matthew 23:24; Acts 1:16; Romans 2:19

D. Matthew 23:16: Leviticus 19:12; Numbers 30:2; Deuteronomy 23:21; Matthew 5:33; Matthew 14:7; Matthew 26:63; Matthew 26:72