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Andas he spake, a certainPhariseebesoughthimtodinewithhim:and he went in, and sat down to meat.
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And when the Phariseesaw it, he marvelledthat he hadnotfirstwashedbeforedinner.
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And the Lordsaiduntohim,NowdoyePharisees make clean the outside of the cupand the platter;butyour inward part is full of raveningandwickedness.
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Ye fools,didnot he that made that which is withoutmake that which is withinalso?
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But rathergivealms of such things as ye have; and,behold, all thingsareclean unto you.
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Butwoe unto you,Pharisees!for ye tithemintandrueand all manner of herbs,and pass overjudgmentand the love of God:these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the otherundone.
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Woe unto you,Pharisees!for ye love the uppermost seatsin the synagogues,andgreetingsin the markets.
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Woe unto you,scribesandPharisees,hypocrites!for ye areasgraveswhich appear not,and the men that walkover them arenot aware of them.
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Thenansweredone of the lawyers, and said unto him,Master,thussaying thou reproachestusalso.
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And he said, Woe unto youalso, ye lawyers!for ye lademen with burdens grievous to be borne,and ye yourselvestouchnot the burdens with one of yourfingers.
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Woe unto you!for ye build the sepulchres of the prophets,andyourfatherskilledthem.
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Truly ye bear witnessthat ye allow the deeds of yourfathers:fortheyindeedkilledthem,andyebuildtheirsepulchres.
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Therefore*alsosaid the wisdom of God, I will send*themprophetsandapostles,and some ofthem they shall slayandpersecute:
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That the blood of all the prophets,which was shedfrom the foundation of the world, may be requiredofthisgeneration;
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From the blood of Abelunto the blood of Zacharias,whichperishedbetween the altarand the temple:verily I say unto you, It shall be requiredofthisgeneration.
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Woe unto you,lawyers!for ye have taken away the key of knowledge: ye enterednotinyourselves,and them that were entering in ye hindered.[a]
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And as hesaid these thingsuntothem, the scribesand the Phariseesbegan to urge him vehemently,and to provokehim to speakof many things:
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Laying wait forhim,andseeking to catchsomething out ofhismouth,that they might accusehim.