Matthew 23:19–27
19You blind fools! For which is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifies the gift?↗
20He therefore who swears by the altar, swears by it and by everything on it.↗
21He who swears by the temple, swears by it and by him who has been living in it.↗
22He who swears by heaven, swears by the throne of God and by him who sits on it.↗
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.↗
24You 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.↗
26You 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.↗
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