23Then spake Jesus
to the multitude, and to his disciples, 2 Saying
The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses'
seat: 3 All therefore
whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe and do; but do not ye after
their works: for they say, and do not. 4 For they
bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men's shoulders;
but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers. 5 But all
their works they do for to be seen of men: they make broad their phylacteries,
and enlarge the borders of their garments, 6 And love
the uppermost rooms at feasts, and the chief seats in the synagogues, 7 And greetings
in the markets, and to be called of men, Rabbi, Rabbi. 8 But be
not ye called Rabbi: for one is your Master, even Christ; and all ye are
brethren. 9 And call
no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven. 10 Neither
be ye called masters: for one is your Master, even Christ. 11 But he
that is greatest among you shall be your servant. 12 And whosoever
shall exalt himself shall be abased; and he that shall humble himself shall
be exalted. 13 But woe
unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom
of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye
them that are entering to go in. 14 Woe unto
you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows' houses, and
for a pretence make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the greater
damnation. 15 Woe unto
you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make
one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of
hell than yourselves. 16 Woe unto
you, ye blind guides, which say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it
is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a
debtor! 17 Ye fools
and blind: for whether is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifieth
the gold? 18 And,
Whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whosoever sweareth
by the gift that is upon it, he is guilty. 19 Ye fools
and blind: for whether is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth
the gift? 20 Whoso
therefore shall swear by the altar, sweareth by it, and by all things thereon. 21 And whoso
shall swear by the temple, sweareth by it, and by him that dwelleth therein.
22And he that shall swear by heaven, sweareth by the
throne of God, and by him that sitteth thereon. 23 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. 24 Ye blind
guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel. 25 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. 26 Thou
blind Pharisee, cleanse first that which is within the cup and platter,
that the outside of them may be clean also. 27 Woe unto
you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres,
which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men's
bones, and of all uncleanness. 28 Even
so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within ye are full of
hypocrisy and iniquity. 29 Woe unto
you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build the tombs of the
prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous, 30 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. 31 Wherefore
ye be witnesses unto yourselves, that ye are the children of them which
killed the prophets. 32 Fill
ye up then the measure of your fathers. 33 Ye serpents,
ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell? 34 Wherefore,
behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: and some of
them ye shall kill and crucify; and some of them shall ye scourge in your
synagogues, and persecute them from city to city: 35 That
upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the
blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom
ye slew between the temple and the altar. 36 Verily
I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation. 37 O Jerusalem,
Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent
unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as
a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not! 38 Behold,
your house is left unto you desolate. 39 For I
say unto you, Ye shall not see me henceforth, till ye shall say, Blessed
is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.