Matthew 23:13-16

Seven Woes on the Teachers of the Law and the Pharisees

13 “Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the door of the kingdom of heaven in people’s faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let those enter who are trying to.^[a]

15 “Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You travel over land and sea to win a single convert, and when you have succeeded, you make them twice as much a child of hell as you are.

16 “Woe to you, blind guides! You say, ‘If anyone swears by the temple, it means nothing; but anyone who swears by the gold of the temple is bound by that oath.’

Cross References

• 1. ver 15,23,25,27,29
• 2. Luke 11:52
• 3. Acts 2:11; Acts 6:5; Acts 13:43
• 4. S Matthew 5:22
• 5. ver 24; Isaiah 9:16; Matthew 15:14
• 6. Matthew 5:33-35

Footnotes

• [a] Some manuscripts include here words similar to Mark 12:40 and Luke 20:47.