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and he who swears by heaven, swears by the throne of God and by him who sits upon it.
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"Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you tithe mint and dill and cummin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law, justice and mercy and faith; these you ought to have done, without neglecting the others.
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You blind guides, straining out a gnat and swallowing a camel!
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"Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you cleanse the outside of the cup and of the plate, but inside they are full of extortion and rapacity.
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You blind Pharisee! first cleanse the inside of the cup and of the plate, that the outside also may be clean.
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"Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you are like whitewashed tombs, which outwardly appear beautiful, but within they are full of dead men's bones and all uncleanness.
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So you also outwardly appear righteous to men, but within you are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.
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"Woe 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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saying, 'If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we would not have taken part with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.'
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Thus you witness against yourselves, that you are sons of those who murdered the prophets.
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Fill up, then, the measure of your fathers.