{"id":1968,"date":"2014-11-03T02:21:02","date_gmt":"2014-11-03T02:21:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/mat23\/"},"modified":"2019-08-07T12:25:33","modified_gmt":"2019-08-07T16:25:33","slug":"mat23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/mat23\/","title":{"rendered":"Matthew 23"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"main\">\r\n <div class=\"chapterlabel\"><a name=\"V0\"> 23<\/a><\/div><div class=\"p\">\r\n <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V1\">1\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Then spake Jesus to the multitude, and to his disciples,  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V2\">2\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Saying, <span class=\"wj\">The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses\u2019 seat: <\/span>  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V3\">3\u00a0<\/a><\/span> <span class=\"wj\">All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, <span class=\"add\">that<\/span> observe and do; but do not ye after their works: for they say, and do not. <\/span>  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V4\">4\u00a0<\/a><\/span> <span class=\"wj\">For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay <span class=\"add\">them<\/span> on men\u2019s shoulders; but they <span class=\"add\">themselves<\/span> will not move them with one of their fingers. <\/span>  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V5\">5\u00a0<\/a><\/span> <span class=\"wj\">But all their works they do for to be seen of men: they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments, <\/span>  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V6\">6\u00a0<\/a><\/span> <span class=\"wj\">And love the uppermost rooms at feasts, and the chief seats in the synagogues, <\/span>  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V7\">7\u00a0<\/a><\/span> <span class=\"wj\">And greetings in the markets, and to be called of men, Rabbi, Rabbi. <\/span>  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V8\">8\u00a0<\/a><\/span> <span class=\"wj\">But be not ye called Rabbi: for one is your Master, <span class=\"add\">even<\/span> Christ; and all ye are brethren. <\/span>  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V9\">9\u00a0<\/a><\/span> <span class=\"wj\">And call no <span class=\"add\">man<\/span> your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven. <\/span>  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V10\">10\u00a0<\/a><\/span> <span class=\"wj\">Neither be ye called masters: for one is your Master, <span class=\"add\">even<\/span> Christ. <\/span>  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V11\">11\u00a0<\/a><\/span> <span class=\"wj\">But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant. <\/span>  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V12\">12\u00a0<\/a><\/span> <span class=\"wj\">And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased; and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted.<\/span> <\/div><div class=\"p\"> <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V13\">13\u00a0<\/a><\/span> <span class=\"wj\">But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in <span class=\"add\">yourselves,<\/span> neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in. <\/span>  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V14\">14\u00a0<\/a><\/span> <span class=\"wj\">Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows\u2019 houses, and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation. <\/span>  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V15\">15\u00a0<\/a><\/span> <span class=\"wj\">Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves. <\/span>  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V16\">16\u00a0<\/a><\/span> <span class=\"wj\">Woe unto you, <span class=\"add\">ye<\/span> blind guides, which say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor! <\/span>  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V17\">17\u00a0<\/a><\/span> <span class=\"wj\"> <span class=\"add\">Ye<\/span> fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifieth the gold? <\/span>  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V18\">18\u00a0<\/a><\/span> <span class=\"wj\">And, Whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whosoever sweareth by the gift that is upon it, he is guilty. <\/span>  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V19\">19\u00a0<\/a><\/span> <span class=\"wj\"> <span class=\"add\">Ye<\/span> fools and blind: for whether <span class=\"add\">is<\/span> greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth the gift? <\/span>  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V20\">20\u00a0<\/a><\/span> <span class=\"wj\">Whoso therefore shall swear by the altar, sweareth by it, and by all things thereon. <\/span>  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V21\">21\u00a0<\/a><\/span> <span class=\"wj\">And whoso shall swear by the temple, sweareth by it, and by him that dwelleth therein. <\/span>  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V22\">22\u00a0<\/a><\/span> <span class=\"wj\">And he that shall swear by heaven, sweareth by the throne of God, and by him that sitteth thereon. <\/span>  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V23\">23\u00a0<\/a><\/span> <span class=\"wj\">Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier <span class=\"add\">matters<\/span> of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone. <\/span>  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V24\">24\u00a0<\/a><\/span> <span class=\"wj\"> <span class=\"add\">Ye<\/span> blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel. <\/span>  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V25\">25\u00a0<\/a><\/span> <span class=\"wj\">Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess. <\/span>  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V26\">26\u00a0<\/a><\/span> <span class=\"wj\"> <span class=\"add\">Thou<\/span> blind Pharisee, cleanse first that <span class=\"add\">which is<\/span> within the cup and platter, that the outside of them may be clean also. <\/span>  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V27\">27\u00a0<\/a><\/span> <span class=\"wj\">Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead <span class=\"add\">men\u2019s<\/span> bones, and of all uncleanness. <\/span>  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V28\">28\u00a0<\/a><\/span> <span class=\"wj\">Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity. <\/span>  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V29\">29\u00a0<\/a><\/span> <span class=\"wj\">Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous, <\/span>  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V30\">30\u00a0<\/a><\/span> <span class=\"wj\">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. <\/span>  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V31\">31\u00a0<\/a><\/span> <span class=\"wj\">Wherefore ye be witnesses unto yourselves, that ye are the children of them which killed the prophets. <\/span>  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V32\">32\u00a0<\/a><\/span> <span class=\"wj\">Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers. <\/span>  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V33\">33\u00a0<\/a><\/span> <span class=\"wj\"> <span class=\"add\">Ye<\/span> serpents, <span class=\"add\">ye<\/span> generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell?<\/span> <\/div><div class=\"p\"> <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V34\">34\u00a0<\/a><\/span> <span class=\"wj\">Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: and <span class=\"add\">some<\/span> of them ye shall kill and crucify; and <span class=\"add\">some<\/span> of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute <span class=\"add\">them<\/span> from city to city: <\/span>  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V35\">35\u00a0<\/a><\/span> <span class=\"wj\">That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar. <\/span>  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V36\">36\u00a0<\/a><\/span> <span class=\"wj\">Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation. <\/span>  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V37\">37\u00a0<\/a><\/span> <span class=\"wj\">O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, <span class=\"add\">thou<\/span> that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under <span class=\"add\">her<\/span> wings, and ye would not! <\/span>  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V38\">38\u00a0<\/a><\/span> <span class=\"wj\">Behold, your house is left unto you desolate. <\/span>  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V39\">39\u00a0<\/a><\/span> <span class=\"wj\">For I say unto you, Ye shall not see me henceforth, till ye shall say, Blessed <span class=\"add\">is<\/span> he that cometh in the name of the Lord. <\/span> <\/div><hr \/><\/div>\r\n\r\n  <div class=\"chapters\">\r\n    <h3>Matthew Chapters<\/h3>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/mat01\">1<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/mat02\">2<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/mat03\">3<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/mat04\">4<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/mat05\">5<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/mat06\">6<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/mat07\">7<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/mat08\">8<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/mat09\">9<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/mat10\">10<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/mat11\">11<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/mat12\">12<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/mat13\">13<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/mat14\">14<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/mat15\">15<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/mat16\">16<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/mat17\">17<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/mat18\">18<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/mat19\">19<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/mat20\">20<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/mat21\">21<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/mat22\">22<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/mat23\">23<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/mat24\">24<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/mat25\">25<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/mat26\">26<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/mat27\">27<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/mat28\">28<\/a>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>23 1\u00a0Then spake Jesus to the multitude, and to his disciples, 2\u00a0Saying, The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses\u2019 seat: 3\u00a0 All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe and do; but do not ye after their works: for they say, and do not. 4\u00a0 For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men\u2019s shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers. 5\u00a0 But all their works they do for to be seen of men: they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments, 6\u00a0 And love the uppermost rooms at feasts, and the chief seats in the synagogues, 7\u00a0 And greetings in the markets, and to be called of men, Rabbi, Rabbi. 8\u00a0 But be not ye called Rabbi: for one is your Master, even Christ; and all ye are brethren. 9\u00a0 And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven. 10\u00a0 Neither be ye called masters: for one is your Master, even Christ. 11\u00a0 But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant. 12\u00a0 And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased; and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted. 13\u00a0 But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in. 14\u00a0 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows\u2019 houses, and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation. 15\u00a0 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[54],"tags":[53],"class_list":["post-1968","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newconvenant","tag-matthew"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1968","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1968"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1968\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3485,"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1968\/revisions\/3485"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1968"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1968"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1968"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}