Matthew 23:18-28

18 And you say, "`Whoever swears by the altar, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the offering lying on it is bound by the oath.'
19 "You are blind! Why, which is greater? --the offering, or the altar which makes the offering holy
20 He who swears by the altar swears both by it and by everything on it;
21 he who swears by the Sanctuary swears both by it and by Him who dwells in it
22 and he who swears by Heaven swears both by the throne of God and by Him who sits upon it.
23 "Alas for you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for you pay the tithe on mint, dill, and cumin, while you have neglected the weightier requirements of the Law--just judgement, mercy, and faithful dealing. These things you ought to have done, and yet you ought not to have left the others undone.
24 You blind guides, straining out the gnat while you gulp down the camel!
25 "Alas for you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for you wash clean the outside of the cup or dish, while within they are full of greed and self-indulgence.
26 Blind Pharisee, first wash clean the inside of the cup or dish, and then the outside will be clean also.
27 "Alas for you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for you are just like whitewashed sepulchres, the outside of which pleases the eye, though inside they are full of dead men's bones and of all that is unclean.
28 The same is true of you: outwardly you seem to the human eye to be good and honest men, but, within, you are full of insincerity and disregard of God's Law.
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