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"You 1blindguides, who strain out a gnat and swallow a camel!
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"Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For 2you clean the outside of the cup and of the dish, but inside they are full of robbery and self-indulgence.
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"You blindPharisee, first3clean the inside of the cup and of the dish, so that the outside of it may becomecleanalso.
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"4Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are likewhitewashedtombswhich on the outsideappearbeautiful, but inside they are full of deadmen'sbones and alluncleanness.
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"So you, too, outwardlyappearrighteous to men, but inwardly you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.
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"5Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you build the tombs of the prophets and adorn the monuments of the righteous,
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and say, 'If we had been living in the days of our fathers, we would not have beenpartners with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.'
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"So you testify against yourselves, that you 6are sons of those who murdered the prophets.
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"Fill up, then, the measure of the guilt of your fathers.
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"You serpents, 7you brood of vipers, how will you escape the sentence of 8hell?
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"9Therefore*, behold, 10I am sending you prophets and wisemen and scribes; some of them you will kill and crucify, and some of them you will 11scourge in your synagogues, and 12persecute from city to city,