1Then Jesus spoke to the crowds and to…
2“The scribes and Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat.
3So practice and observe everything they tell you.…
4They tie up heavy, burdensome loads and lay…
5All their deeds are done for men to…
6They love the places of honor at banquets,…
7the greetings in the marketplaces, and the title…
8But you are not to be called ‘Rabbi,’…
9And do not call anyone on earth your…
10Nor are you to be called instructors, for…
11The greatest among you shall be your servant.
12For whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and…
13Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites!…
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15Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites!…
16Woe to you, blind guides! You say, ‘If…
17You blind fools! Which is greater: the gold,…
18And you say, ‘If anyone swears by the…
19You blind men! Which is greater: the gift,…
20So then, he who swears by the altar…
21And he who swears by the temple swears…
22And he who swears by heaven swears by…
23Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites!…
24You blind guides! You strain out a gnat…
25Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites!…
26Blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the…
27Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites!…
28In the same way, on the outside you…
29Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites!…
30And you say, ‘If we had lived in…
31So you testify against yourselves that you are…
32Fill up, then, the measure of the sin…
33You snakes! You brood of vipers! How will…
34Because of this, I am sending you prophets…
35And so upon you will come all the…
36Truly I tell you, all these things will…
37O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and…
38Look, your house is left to you desolate.
39For I tell you that you will not…
