[1] Then said Jesus to the crowds and to his disciples, [2] "The scribes
and the Pharisees sit on Moses' seat; [3] so practice and observe whatever
they tell you, but not what they do; for they preach, but do not practice.
[4] They bind heavy burdens, hard to bear, and lay them on men's shoulders;
but they themselves will not move them with their finger. [5] They do all
their deeds to be seen by men; for they make their phylacteries broad and
their fringes long, [6] and they love the place of honor at feasts and the
best seats in the synagogues, [7] and salutations in the market places, and
being called rabbi by men. [8] But you are not to be called rabbi, for you
have one teacher, and you are all brethren. [9] And call no man your father
on earth, for you have one Father, who is in heaven. [10] Neither be called
masters, for you have one master, the Christ. [11] He who is greatest among
you shall be your servant; [12] whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and
whoever humbles himself will be exalted. [13] "But woe to you, scribes and
Pharisees, hypocrites! because you shut the kingdom of heaven against men;
for you neither enter yourselves, nor allow those who would enter to go in.
[14] Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you traverse sea
and land to make a single proselyte, and when he becomes a proselyte, you
make him twice as much a child of hell as yourselves. [15] "Woe to you,
blind guides, who say, `If any one swears by the temple, it is nothing; but
if any one swears by the gold of the temple, he is bound by his oath.' [16]
You blind fools! For which is greater, the gold or the temple that has made
the gold sacred? [17] And you say, `If any one swears by the altar, it is
nothing; but if any one swears by the gift that is on the altar, he is
bound by his oath.' [18] You blind men! For which is greater, the gift or
the altar that makes the gift sacred? [19] So he who swears by the altar,
swears by it and by everything on it; [20] and he who swears by the temple,
swears by it and by him who dwells in it; [21] and he who swears by heaven,
swears by the throne of God and by him who sits upon it. [22] "Woe to you,
scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you tithe mint and dill and cummin,
and have neglected the weightier matters of the law, justice and mercy and
faith; these you ought to have done, without neglecting the others. [23]
You blind guides, straining out a gnat and swallowing a camel! [24] "Woe to
you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you cleanse the outside of the
cup and of the plate, but inside they are full of extortion and rapacity.
[25] You blind Pharisee! first cleanse the inside of the cup and of the
plate, that the outside also may be clean. [26] "Woe to you, scribes and
Pharisees, hypocrites! for you are like whitewashed tombs, which outwardly
appear beautiful, but within they are full of dead men's bones and all
uncleanness. [27] So you also outwardly appear righteous to men, but within
you are full of hypocrisy and iniquity. [28] "Woe to you, scribes and
Pharisees, hypocrites! for you build the tombs of the prophets and adorn
the monuments of the righteous, [29] 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.' [30] Thus you witness against yourselves, that you
are sons of those who murdered the prophets. [31] Fill up, then, the
measure of your fathers. [32] You serpents, you brood of vipers, how are
you to escape being sentenced to hell? [33] Therefore I send you prophets
and wise men and scribes, some of whom you will kill and crucify, and some
you will scourge in your synagogues and persecute from town to town, [34]
that upon you may come all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the
blood of innocent Abel to the blood of Zechari'ah the son of Barachi'ah,
whom you murdered between the sanctuary and the altar. [35] Truly, I say to
you, all this will come upon this generation. [36] "O Jerusalem, Jerusalem,
killing the prophets and stoning those who are sent to you! How often would
I have gathered your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her
wings, and you would not! [37] Behold, your house is forsaken and desolate.
[38] For I tell you, you will not see me again, until you say, `Blessed is
he who comes in the name of the Lord.'"
