NEW TESTAMENT · VERSE 26

Matthew 23:26

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You blind Pharisee, first clean the inside of the cup and of the platter, that its outside may become clean also.

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Matthew 23:23–29

23

“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint, dill, and cumin, and have left undone the weightier matters of the law: justice, mercy, and faith. But you ought to have done these, and not to have left the other undone.

24

You blind guides, who strain out a gnat, and swallow a camel!

25

“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and unrighteousness.

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You blind Pharisee, first clean the inside of the cup and of the platter, that its outside may become clean also.

27

“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitened tombs, which outwardly appear beautiful, but inwardly are full of dead men’s bones and of all uncleanness.

28

Even so you also outwardly appear righteous to men, but inwardly you are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.

29

“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you build the tombs of the prophets and decorate the tombs of the righteous,

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