Matthew 23:25-28

25 1"Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For 2you clean the outside of 3the cup and the plate, but inside they are full of 4greed and self-indulgence.
26 You blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of 5the cup and the plate, that the outside also may be clean.
27 6"Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like 7whitewashed tombs, which outwardly appear beautiful, but within are full of dead people's bones and 8all uncleanness.
28 So you also 9outwardly appear righteous to others, but within you are full of 10hypocrisy and lawlessness.

Cross References 10

  • 1. For ver. 25-28, [Matthew 15:11-20]
  • 2. Luke 11:39, 40
  • 3. Mark 7:4
  • 4. Luke 16:14; Luke 20:47
  • 5. [See ver. 25 above]
  • 6. Luke 11:44
  • 7. [Acts 23:3]
  • 8. Ephesians 5:3; [Numbers 19:16; 2 Kings 23:16]
  • 9. ver. 5
  • 10. Luke 12:1
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