1 Then JesustFor ver. 1, 2, 5-7, see Mark 12:38, 39; Luke 20:45, 46; [Luke 11:43] said to the crowds and to his disciples, 2 u[Ezra 7:6, 10, 25; Neh. 8:4] “The scribes and the Phariseesv[Deut. 17:10, 11; John 9:28, 29] sit on Moses' seat, 3 so practice and observe whatever they tell you—w[ch. 5:20; 15:3-13] but not what they do.xRom. 2:17-23 For they preach, but do not practice. 4 yLuke 11:46; [ch. 11:28-30; Acts 15:10] They tie up heavy burdens, hard to bear, and lay them on people's shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to move them with their finger. 5 t[See ver. 1 above] They do all their deedszch. 6:1, 16; [John 5:44] to be seen by others. For they makeaEx. 13:9; Deut. 6:8; 11:18 their phylacteries broad andbSee ch. 9:20 their fringes long, 6 and theycLuke 14:7, 8 love the place of honor at feasts anddLuke 11:43 the best seats in the synagogues 7 andd[See ver. 6 above] greetings inech. 11:16; 20:3 the marketplaces and being calledfSee John 1:38 rabbi by others. 8 gJames 3:1 But you are not to be called rabbi, for you have one teacher, and you arehLuke 22:32; John 21:23; See Philem. 16 all brothers. 9 i[1 Cor. 1:12; 3:4] And call no man your father on earth, forjch. 6:9; Mal. 1:6; See ch. 7:11 you have one Father, who is in heaven. 10 Neither be called instructors, for you have one instructor,kSee ch. 1:17 the Christ. 11 lch. 20:26 The greatest among you shall be your servant. 12 mLuke 14:11; 18:14; [ch. 18:4; Prov. 29:23; Ezek. 21:26; James 4:6, 10; 1 Pet. 5:5, 6] Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.
13 But woenLuke 11:52 to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For youo[ch. 16:19] shut the kingdom of heaven in people's faces. For youp[ch. 5:20; 21:31; Luke 7:30] neither enter yourselves nor allow those who would enter to go in. 15 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you travel across sea and land to make a singleqActs 2:10; 6:5; 13:43 proselyte, and when he becomes a proselyte, you make him twice as much ar[John 17:12; 2 Thess. 2:3] child ofsSee ch. 5:29 hell as yourselves.
16 Woe totSee ch. 15:14 you,uver. 17, 19, 26; John 9:39-41; Rom. 2:19; 2 Pet. 1:9; Rev. 3:17 blind guides, who say,v[ch. 5:33-35] ‘If anyone swears by the temple, it is nothing, but if anyone swears by the gold of the temple, he is bound by his oath. ’ 17 You blind fools! For which is greater, the gold orwEx. 30:29 the temple that has made the gold sacred? 18 And you say, ‘If anyone swears by the altar, it is nothing, but if anyone swears byxch. 5:23 the gift that is on the altar, he is bound by his oath. ’ 19 You blind men! For which is greater, the gift oryEx. 29:37 the altar that makes the gift sacred? 20 So whoever swears by the altar swears by it and by everything on it. 21 And whoever swears by the temple swears by it and byz1 Kgs. 8:13; 2 Chr. 6:2; Ps. 26:8; 132:14 him who dwells in it. 22 And whoever swears bya[ch. 21:25] heaven swears bybSee ch. 5:34 the throne of God and bycSee Rev. 4:2 him who sits upon it.
23 dLuke 11:42 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! ForeDeut. 14:22; [Luke 18:12] you tithe mint and dill andfIsa. 28:25, 27 cumin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law:gPs. 33:5; Jer. 5:1; Mic. 6:8; Zech. 7:9 justice and mercy and faithfulness.h[1 Sam. 15:22] These you ought to have done, without neglecting the others. 24 You blind guides, straining out a gnat and swallowingich. 19:24 a camel!
25 jFor ver. 25-28, [ch. 15:11-20] Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! ForkLuke 11:39, 40 you clean the outside oflMark 7:4 the cup and the plate, but inside they are full ofmLuke 16:14; 20:47 greed and self-indulgence. 26 You blind Pharisee! First clean the inside ofl[See ver. 25 above] the cup and the plate, that the outside also may be clean.
27 nLuke 11:44 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are likeo[Acts 23:3] whitewashed tombs, which outwardly appear beautiful, but within are full of dead people's bones andpEph. 5:3; [Num. 19:16; 2 Kgs. 23:16] all uncleanness. 28 So you alsoqver. 5 outwardly appear righteous to others, but within you are full ofrLuke 12:1 hypocrisy and lawlessness.
29 sLuke 11:47, 48 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you build the tombs of the prophets and decorate the monuments of the righteous, 30 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. ’ 31 Thus you witness against yourselves that you aretActs 7:51, 52 sons of those who murdered the prophets. 32 uGen. 15:16; Dan. 8:23; 1 Thess. 2:15, 16 Fill up, then, the measure of your fathers. 33 You serpents,vch. 3:7; 12:34 you brood of vipers, how are you to escape being sentenced towver. 15 hell? 34 xFor ver. 34-36, [Luke 11:49-51] Thereforeych. 10:16 I send youzSee Acts 13:1; 1 Cor. 12:28 prophets and wise men andach. 13:52 scribes,bSee ch. 21:35 some of whom you will kill and crucify, andbSee ch. 21:35 some you willcch. 10:17; Mark 13:9; Luke 21:12; Acts 22:19; 26:11; [Luke 12:11] flog in your synagogues anddch. 10:23 persecute from town to town, 35 so that on you may come alleRev. 18:24 the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of innocentfGen. 4:4, 8; Heb. 11:4; 1 John 3:12 Abel to the blood ofg[Zech. 1:1] Zechariah the son of Barachiah, whom you murdered betweenhSee Luke 1:9 the sanctuary andiEx. 40:6; 2 Kgs. 16:14; Ezek. 40:47 the altar. 36 Truly, I say to you,j[ch. 10:23; 16:28; 24:34] all these things will come upon this generation.
37 kFor ver. 37-39, see Luke 13:34, 35; [Luke 19:41-44] O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city thatlSee ch. 21:35 kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it! How often would I havem[Ps. 147:2; Prov. 1:24] gatherednLuke 23:28 your children togethero[Deut. 32:11, 12] as a hen gathers her broodpRuth 2:12 under her wings, andqJohn 5:40 you would not! 38 See,r[Isa. 64:11; Jer. 12:7; 22:5] your house is left to you desolate. 39 For I tell you, you will not see me again, until you say,sch. 21:9; Cited from Ps. 118:26 ‘Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. ’ ”