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And whoso shall swear by the temple, sweareth by it and by Him that dwelleth therein
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And he that shall swear by Heaven, sweareth by the throne of God and by Him that sitteth thereon.
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"Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law: judgment, mercy, and faith. These ought ye to have done and not to leave the other undone.
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Ye blind guides, who strain out a gnat and swallow a camel!
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"Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess.
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Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first that which is within the cup and platter, that the outside of them may be clean also.
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"Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For ye are like unto whited sepulchers, which indeed appear beautiful outwardly, but are within full of dead men's bones and of all uncleanness.
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Even so, ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.
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"Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because ye build the tombs of the prophets and garnish the sepulchers of the righteous,
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and say, `If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.'
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Therefore ye are witnesses against yourselves, that ye are the children of them that killed the prophets.