KJV King James Version
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.
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Matthew 23:25
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence.
WEB World English Bible
“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.
ASV American Standard Version
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye cleanse the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full from extortion and excess.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
‘Woe to you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye make clean the outside of the cup and the plate, and within they are full of rapine and incontinence.
Surrounding context — Matthew 23
22 And he that shall swear by heaven, sweareth by the throne of God, and by him that sitteth thereon.
23 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier [matters] of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.
24 [Ye] blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel.
25 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.
26 [Thou] blind Pharisee, cleanse first that [which is] within the cup and platter, that the outside of them may be clean also.
27 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 [men’s] bones, and of all uncleanness.
28 Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
ΟὐαὶG3759 · ouaiwoe!ὑμῖν,G4771 · suyouγραμματεῖςG1122 · grammateusscribeκαὶG2532 · kaiandΦαρισαῖοιG5330 · PharisaiosPhariseeὑποκριταί,G5273 · hupokritēshypocriteὅτιG3754 · hotithat/since: thatκαθαρίζετεG2511 · katharizōto cleanτὸG3588 · hothe/this/whoἔξωθενG1855 · exōthenoutsideτοῦG3588 · hothe/this/whoποτηρίουG4221 · potērioncupκαὶG2532 · kaiandτῆςG3588 · hothe/this/whoπαροψίδος,G3953 · paropsisdishἔσωθενG2081 · esōtheninwardlyδὲG1161 · dethenγέμουσινG1073 · gemōbe fullἐξG1537 · ekout fromἁρπαγῆςG724 · harpagēplunderκαὶG2532 · kaiandἀκρασίας.G192 · akrasiaself-indulgence
Cross-references
Luke 11:39-40And the Lord said unto him, Now do ye Pharisees make clean the outside of the cup and the platter; but your inward part is full of ravening and wickedness.Matthew 15:19-20For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:Isaiah 28:7-8But they also have erred through wine, and through strong drink are out of the way; the priest and the prophet have erred through strong drink, they are swallowed up of wine, they are out of the way through strong drink; they err in vision, they stumble [in] judgment.Mark 7:4-13And [when they come] from the market, except they wash, they eat not. And many other things there be, which they have received to hold, [as] the washing of cups, and pots, brasen vessels, and of tables.
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