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The Book of Jesus Chapter Fifteen: The life of Jesus from the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, John in easy-to-read, chronological format.
and anyone who humbles himself will be exalted.
Matthew 23:1-12; Mark 12:38-40; Luke 20:45-47
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Further Condemnation of the Scribes And Pharisees
JESUS.
Alas for you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites!
You shut up the Kingdom of Heaven in men's faces. For not only are you personally not going in, but you prevent those who are on
their way in from entering.
Alas for you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites!
You devour the property of widows even though you make a display with lengthy prayers. Because of this you will receive the greater
damnation.
Alas for you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites!
You will travel over land and sea to convert one person and and once he has been converted, you make him twice the child of
Gehenna as you are.
Alas for you, blind guides because you say: "If a man swears by the Temple, it is nothing." But if a man swears by the gold of the
Temple, he is bound.
Foolish and blind men! Which is greater, the gold or the Temple that makes the gold sacred? You also say that if a man swears by the
alter, it's nothing. But if a man swears by the offering that is on the alter, he is bound.
Foolish and blind men! Which is of greater worth, the offering or the alter that makes the offering sacred. Therefore, when a man
swears by the alter, he is swearing by that and by everything on it. And when a man swears by the Temple, he is swearing by that and
by the One who dwells in it. And when a man swears by heaven, he is swearing by the throne of God and by the One who is seated
there.
Alas for you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites!
You do pay your tithe for even even the most insignificant plants, mint, dill and cumin. But you neglect the weightier matters of the
law - justice, mercy, and faith! These you should have practiced without neglecting the others. You blind guides! You strain out a gnat
and swallow a camel.
Alas for you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites!
You clean the outside of cup and dish, but leave the inside full of extortion and excesses [intemperance]. Blind Pharisee! Clean the
inside of cup and dish first so that the outside of them may be clean as well.
Alas for you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites!
You who are like whitewashed tombs that appear beautiful on the outside, but inside are full of dead men's bones and every kind of
corruption. In the same way, you outwardly appear to others as righteous men, but inside you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.
Alas for you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites!
You build tombs for the prophets and decorate the sepulchres of holy men. And you say, "If we had lived in the days of our
forefathers, we would not have joined them in shedding the blood of the prophets."
Therefore, your own testimony bears witness against you. You are the sons of those who murdered the prophets. Finish off the work
you fathers began! Serpents, brood of vipers! How can you escape being condemned to Gehenna. Because of this, I send prophets,
wise men and scribes to you. Some of them you will slaughter and crucify. Some you will scourge in your synagogues and persecute
from city to city. And so, you will bring upon yourselves the blood of every holy man that has been shed upon the earth. From the
blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah, the son of Barachiah, whom you murdered between the sanctuary and the alter. I
say to you most seriously, all of this will recoil on this generation.
Matthew 23:13-36
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