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Butwoe unto you,scribesandPharisees,hypocrites!for ye shut up the kingdom of heavenagainstmen:foryeneither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in.
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Woe unto you,scribesandPharisees,hypocrites!for ye devourwidows'houses,and for a pretencemakelongprayer: thereforeye shall receive the greaterdamnation.#rl
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Woe unto you,scribesandPharisees,hypocrites!for ye compassseaandland to makeoneproselyte,andwhen he is made, ye makehim twofold more the child of hell than yourselves.
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Woe unto you, ye blindguides,whichsay, Whosoevershallswearby the temple, it isnothing;butwhosoevershallswearby the gold of the temple, he is a debtor!
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Ye foolsandblind:forwhetherisgreater, the gold,or the temple that sanctifieth the gold?
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And,Whosoevershallswearby the altar, it isnothing;butwhosoever*swearethby the gift that is uponit, he is guilty.[a]
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Ye foolsandblind:forwhether is greater, the gift,or the altar that sanctifieth the gift?#rl
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Whoso therefore shall swearby the altar,swearethbyit,andby all thingsthereon*.
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And whoso shall swearby the temple,swearethbyit,andby him that dwelleththerein.#rl
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And he that shall swearbyheaven,swearethby the throne of God,andby him that sitteththereon*.
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Woe unto you,scribesandPharisees,hypocrites!for ye pay tithe of mintandanise[b]andcummin,and have omitted the weightier matters of the law,judgment*, mercy,andfaith:these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the otherundone.