Verse 38
Matthew 23:38
World English Bible
38
Behold, your house is left to you desolate.
Original Language Text
greek
ἰδοὺ ἀφίεται ὑμῖν ὁ οἶκος ὑμῶν ⸀ἔρημος.
English Translation
Behold, your house is left to you desolate.
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Chapter 23 Context
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Then Yashua (Jesus) spoke to the multitudes and to his disciples,
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saying,
“The scribes and the Pharisees sat on Moses’ seat.
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All things therefore whatever they tell you to observe, observe and do, but don’t do their works; f...
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For they bind heavy burdens that are grievous to be borne, and lay them on men’s shoulders; but the...
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But all their works they do to be seen by men. They make their phylacteries
broad, enlarge the fri...
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and love the place of honor at feasts, the best seats in the synagogues,
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the salutations in the marketplaces, and to be called ‘Rabbi, Rabbi’ by men.
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But don’t you be called ‘Rabbi,’ for one is your teacher, the Christ, and all of you are brothers....
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Call no man on the earth your father, for one is your Father, he who is in heaven.
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Neither be called masters, for one is your master, the Christ.
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But he who is greatest among you will be your servant.
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Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.
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“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you devour widows’ houses, and as a pretense yo...
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“But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you shut up the Kingdom of Heaven again...
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Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you travel around by sea and land to make one pr...
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“Woe to you, you blind guides, who say, ‘Whoever swears by the temple, it is nothing; but whoever s...
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You blind fools! For which is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifies the gold?
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‘Whoever swears by the altar, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gift that is on it, he is ob...
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You blind fools! For which is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifies the gift?
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He therefore who swears by the altar, swears by it, and by everything on it.
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He who swears by the temple, swears by it, and by him who has been living
in it.
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He who swears by heaven, swears by the throne of God (Elohim), and by him who sits on it.
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“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint, dill, and cumin,
and have left...
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You blind guides, who strain out a gnat, and swallow a camel!
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“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you clean the outside of the cup and of the pla...
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You blind Pharisee, first clean the inside of the cup and of the platter, that its outside may beco...
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“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitened tombs, which outwardly ap...
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Even so you also outwardly appear righteous to men, but inwardly you are full of hypocrisy and iniq...
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“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you build the tombs of the prophets, and decora...
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and say, ‘If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we wouldn’t have been partakers with them in...
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Therefore you testify to yourselves that you are children of those who killed the prophets.
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Fill up, then, the measure of your fathers.
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You serpents, you offspring of vipers, how will you escape the judgment of Gehenna?
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Therefore behold, I send to you prophets, wise men, and scribes. Some of them you will kill and cru...
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that on you may come all the righteous blood shed on the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to...
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Most certainly I tell you, all these things will come upon this generation.
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“Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets, and stones those who are sent to her! How often I wo...
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Behold, your house is left to you desolate.
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For I tell you, you will not see me from now on, until you say, ‘Blessed is he who comes in the nam...
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