Matthew 23:25-29
Matthew 23:25
“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you clean the outside of the cup and of the dish, but inside they are full of robbery and self-indulgence.
Matthew 23:26
You blind Pharisee, first clean the inside of the cup and of the dish, so that the outside of it may also become clean.
Matthew 23:27
“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs which on the outside appear beautiful, but inside they are full of dead men’s bones and all uncleanness.
Matthew 23:28
So you too, outwardly appear righteous to people, but inwardly you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.
Matthew 23:29
“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you build the tombs for the prophets and decorate the monuments of the righteous,