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And the Lord said unto him, Now ye the Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup and of the platter; but your inward part is full of extortion and wickedness.
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Ye foolish ones, did not he that made the outside make the inside also?
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But give for alms those things which are within; and behold, all things are clean unto you.
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But woe unto you Pharisees! for ye tithe mint and rue and every herb, and pass over justice and the love of God: but these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.
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Woe unto you Pharisees! for ye love the chief seats in the synagogues, and the salutations in the marketplaces.
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Woe unto you! for ye are as the tombs which appear not, and the men that walk over [them] know it not.
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And one of the lawyers answering saith unto him, Teacher, in saying this thou reproachest us also.
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And he said, Woe unto you lawyers also! for ye load men with burdens grievous to be borne, and ye yourselves touch not the burdens with one of your fingers.
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Woe unto you! for ye build the tombs of the prophets, and your fathers killed them.
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So ye are witnesses and consent unto the works of your fathers: for they killed them, and ye build [their tombs].
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Therefore also said the wisdom of God, I will send unto them prophets and apostles; and [some] of them they shall kill and persecute;