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| Matthew 23:1 | Then Jesus said to the people and to his disciples: | Then Jesus spoke to the multitudes and to his disciples, | Then Jesus spoke to the crowds and to his disciples, |
| Matthew 23:2 | The scribes and the Pharisees have the authority of Moses; | Saying: The scribes and the Pharisees have sitten on the chair of Moses. | saying, The scribes and the Pharisees have set themselves down in Moses' seat: |
| Matthew 23:3 | All things, then, which they give you orders to do, these do and keep: but do not take their works as your example, for they say and do not. | All things therefore whatsoever they shall say to you, observe and do: but according to their works do ye not; for they say, and do not. | all things therefore, whatever they may tell you, do and keep. But do not after their works, for they say and do not, |
| Matthew 23:4 | They make hard laws and put great weights on men's backs; but they themselves will not put a finger to them. | For they bind heavy and insupportable burdens, and lay them on men's shoulders; but with a finger of their own they will not move them. | but bind burdens heavy and hard to bear, and lay them on the shoulders of men, but will not move them with their finger. |
| Matthew 23:5 | But all their works they do so as to be seen by men: for they make wide their phylacteries, and the edges of their robes, | And all their works they do for to be seen of men. For they make their phylacteries broad, and enlarge their fringes. | And all their works they do to be seen of men: for they make broad their phylacteries and enlarge the borders [of their garments], |
| Matthew 23:6 | And the things desired by them are the first places at feasts, and the chief seats in the Synagogues, | And they love the first places at feasts, and the first chairs in the synagogues, | and love the chief place in feasts and the first seats in the synagogues, |
| Matthew 23:7 | And words of respect in the market-places, and to be named by men, Teacher. | And salutations in the market place, and to be called by men, Rabbi. | and salutations in the market-places, and to be called of men, Rabbi, Rabbi. |
| Matthew 23:8 | But you may not be named Teacher: for one is your teacher, and you are all brothers. | But be not you called Rabbi. For one is your master; and all you are brethren. | But *ye*, be not ye called Rabbi; for one is your instructor, and all *ye* are brethren. |
| Matthew 23:9 | And give no man the name of father on earth: because one is your Father, who is in heaven. | And call none your father upon earth; for one is your father, who is in heaven. | And call not [any one] your father upon the earth; for one is your Father, he who is in the heavens. |
| Matthew 23:10 | And you may not be named guides: because one is your Guide, even Christ. | Neither be ye called masters; for one is you master, Christ. | Neither be called instructors, for one is your instructor, the Christ. |
| Matthew 23:11 | But let the greatest among you be your servant. | He that is the greatest among you shall be your servant. | But the greatest of you shall be your servant. |
| Matthew 23:12 | And whoever makes himself high will be made low, and whoever makes himself low will be made high. | And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be humbled: and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted. | And whoever shall exalt himself shall be humbled, and whoever shall humble himself shall be exalted. |
| Matthew 23:13 | But a curse is on you, scribes and Pharisees, false ones! because you are shutting the kingdom of heaven against men: for you do not go in yourselves, and those who are going in, you keep back. | But woe to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites; because you shut the kingdom of heaven against men, for you yourselves do not enter in; and those that are going in, you suffer not to enter. | But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for ye shut up the kingdom of the heavens before men; for *ye* do not enter, nor do ye suffer those that are entering to go in. |
| Matthew 23:14 | [] | Woe to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites: because you devour the houses of widows, praying long prayers. For this you shall receive the greater judgment. | |
| Matthew 23:15 | A curse is on you, scribes and Pharisees, false ones! for you go about land and sea to get one disciple and, having him, you make him twice as much a son of hell as yourselves. | Woe to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites; because you go round about the sea and the land to make one proselyte; and when he is made, you make him the child of hell twofold more than yourselves. | Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for ye compass the sea and the dry [land] to make one proselyte, and when he is become [such], ye make him twofold more [the] son of hell than yourselves. |
| Matthew 23:16 | A curse is on you, blind guides, who say, Whoever takes an oath by the Temple, it is nothing; but whoever takes an oath by the gold of the Temple, he is responsible. | Woe to you blind guides, that say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but he that shall swear by the gold of the temple, is a debtor. | Woe to you, blind guides, who say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor. |
| Matthew 23:17 | You foolish ones and blind: which is greater, the gold, or the Temple which makes the gold holy? | Ye foolish and blind; for whether is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifieth the gold? | Fools and blind, for which is greater, the gold, or the temple which sanctifies the gold? |
| Matthew 23:18 | And, Whoever takes an oath by the altar, it is nothing; but whoever takes an oath by the offering which is on it, he is responsible. | And whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gift that is upon it, is a debtor. | And, Whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gift that is upon it is a debtor. |
| Matthew 23:19 | You blind ones: which is greater, the offering, or the altar which makes the offering holy? | Ye blind: for whether is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth the gift? | [Fools and] blind ones, for which is greater, the gift, or the altar which sanctifies the gift? |
| Matthew 23:20 | He, then, who takes an oath by the altar, takes it by the altar and by all things on it. | He therefore that sweareth by the altar, sweareth by it, and by all things that are upon it: | He therefore that swears by the altar swears by it and by all things that are upon it. |
| Matthew 23:21 | And he who takes an oath by the Temple, takes it by the Temple and by him whose house it is. | And whosoever shall swear by temple, sweareth by it, and by him that dwelleth in it: | And he that swears by the temple swears by it and by him that dwells in it. |
| Matthew 23:22 | And he who takes an oath by heaven, takes it by the seat of God, and by him who is seated on it. | And he that sweareth by heaven, sweareth by the throne of God, and by him that sitteth thereon. | And he that swears by heaven swears by the throne of God and by him that sits upon it. |
| Matthew 23:23 | A curse is on you, scribes and Pharisees, false ones! for you make men give a tenth of all sorts of sweet-smelling plants, but you give no thought to the more important things of the law, righteousness, and mercy, and faith; but it is right for you to do these, and not to let the others be undone. | Woe to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites; because you tithe mint, and anise, and cummin, and have left the weightier things of the law; judgment, and mercy, and faith. These things you ought to have done, and not to leave those undone. | Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for ye pay tithes of mint and anise and cummin, and ye have left aside the weightier matters of the law, judgment and mercy and faith: these ye ought to have done and not have left those aside. |
| Matthew 23:24 | You blind guides, who take out a fly from your drink, but make no trouble over a camel. | Blind guides, who strain out a gnat, and swallow a camel. | Blind guides, who strain out the gnat, but drink down the camel. |
| Matthew 23:25 | A curse is on you, scribes and Pharisees, false ones! for you make clean the outside of the cup and of the plate, but inside they are full of violent behaviour and uncontrolled desire. | Woe to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites; because you make clean the outside of the cup and of the dish, but within you are full of rapine and uncleanness. | Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the dish, but within they are full of rapine and intemperance. |
| Matthew 23:26 | You blind Pharisee, first make clean the inside of the cup and of the plate, so that the outside may become equally clean. | Thou blind Pharisee, first make clean the inside of the cup and of the dish, that the outside may become clean. | Blind Pharisee, make clean first the inside of the cup and of the dish, that their outside also may become clean. |
| Matthew 23:27 | A curse is on you, scribes and Pharisees, false ones! for you are like the resting-places of the dead, which are made white, and seem beautiful on the outside, but inside are full of dead men's bones and of all unclean things. | Woe to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites; because you are like to whited sepulchres, which outwardly appear to men beautiful, but within are full of dead men's bones, and of all filthiness. | Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for ye are like whited sepulchres, which appear beautiful outwardly, but within are full of dead men's bones and all uncleanness. |
| Matthew 23:28 | Even so you seem to men to be full of righteousness, but inside you are all false and full of wrongdoing. | So you also outwardly indeed appear to men just; but inwardly you are full of hypocrisy and iniquity. | Thus also *ye*, outwardly ye appear righteous to men, but within are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness. |
| Matthew 23:29 | A curse is on you, scribes and Pharisees, false ones! because you put up buildings for housing the dead bodies of the prophets, and make fair the last resting-places of good men, and say, | Woe to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites; that build the sepulchres of the prophets, and adorn the monuments of the just, | Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for ye build the sepulchres of the prophets and adorn the tombs of the just, |
| Matthew 23:30 | If we had been living in the days of our fathers, we would not have taken part with them in the blood of the prophets. | 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. | and ye 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. |
| Matthew 23:31 | So that you are witnesses against yourselves that you are the sons of those who put the prophets to death. | Wherefore you are witnesses against yourselves, that you are the sons of them that killed the prophets. | So that ye bear witness of yourselves that ye are sons of those who slew the prophets: |
| Matthew 23:32 | Make full, then, the measure of your fathers. | Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers. | and *ye*, fill ye up the measure of your fathers. |
| Matthew 23:33 | You snakes, offspring of snakes, how will you be kept from the punishment of hell? | You serpents, generation of vipers, how will you flee from the judgment of hell? | Serpents, offspring of vipers, how should ye escape the judgment of hell? |
| Matthew 23:34 | For this reason, I send you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: some of them you will put to death and put on the cross, and to some of them you will give blows in your Synagogues, driving them from town to town; | Therefore behold I send to you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: and some of them you will put to death and crucify, and some you will scourge in your synagogues, and persecute from city to city: | Therefore, behold, *I* send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes; and [some] of them ye will kill and crucify, and [some] of them ye will scourge in your synagogues, and will persecute from city to city; |
| Matthew 23:35 | So that on you may come all the blood of the upright on the earth, from the blood of upright Abel to the blood of Zachariah, son of Barachiah, whom you put to death between the Temple and the altar. | That upon you may come all the just blood that hath been shed upon the earth, from the blood of Abel the just, even unto the blood of Zacharias the son of Barachias, whom you killed between the temple and the altar. | so that all righteous blood shed upon the earth should come upon *you*, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar. |
| Matthew 23:36 | Truly I say to you, All these things will come on this generation. | Amen I say to you, all these things shall come upon this generation. | Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation. |
| Matthew 23:37 | O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, putting to death the prophets, and stoning those who are sent to her! Again and again would I have taken your children to myself as a bird takes her young ones under her wings, and you would not! | Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered together thy children, as the hen doth gather her chickens under her wings, and thou wouldest not? | Jerusalem, Jerusalem, [the city] that kills the prophets and stones those that are sent unto her, how often would I have gathered thy children as a hen gathers her chickens under her wings, and ye would not! |
| Matthew 23:38 | See, your house is made waste. | Behold, you house shall be left to you, desolate. | Behold, your house is left unto you desolate; |
| Matthew 23:39 | For I say to you, You will not see me from this time till you say, A blessing on him who comes in the name of the Lord. | For I say to you, you shall not see me henceforth till you say: Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord. | for I say unto you, Ye shall in no wise see me henceforth until ye say, Blessed [be] he that comes in the name of [the] Lord. |
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