Verse 1
Matthew 23:1
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Then Yashua (Jesus) spoke to the crowds and his disciples:
Original Language Text
greek
Τότε ὁ Ἰησοῦς ἐλάλησεν τοῖς ὄχλοις καὶ τοῖς μαθηταῖς αὐτοῦ
English Translation
Then Jesus spoke to the crowds and his disciples.
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Chapter 23 Context
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Then Yashua (Jesus) spoke to the crowds and his disciples:
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“The religious teachers and the Pharisees are responsible as interpreters of the law of Moses,
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so obey them and do everything they tell you. But don't follow what they do, because they don't prac...
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They tie up heavy burdens, and place them on people's shoulders, but they themselves don't lift a fi...
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Everything they do is to make sure they get noticed. They make themselves large prayer boxes to wear...
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They love to be greeted with respect in the marketplaces, and for people to call them, ‘Rabbi.’
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Don't let people call you ‘Rabbi.’ Only one is your Master Teacher, and you are all brothers.
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Don't call anyone by the title ‘Father’ here on earth. Only one is your Father, who is in heaven.
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Don't let people call you ‘Teacher.’ Only one is your Teacher, the Messiah.
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Those who make themselves great will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be made great.
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But what a disaster is coming on you religious teachers and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You slam shut...
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What a disaster is coming on you, religious teachers and Pharisees, you hypocrites! For you travel o...
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What a disaster is coming on those of you who say, ‘If you swear by the Temple that doesn't count, b...
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What is greater—the gold, or the Temple that makes the gold holy?
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You say, ‘If you swear on the altar that doesn't count, but if you swear on the sacrifice that's on...
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How foolish and blind you are! What is greater—the sacrifice, or the altar that makes the sacrifice...
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If you swear by the altar, you swear by it and by everything that's on it.
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What a disaster is coming on you religious teachers and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You pay a tithe o...
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You blind guides—you strain what you drink to keep out a fly but then you swallow a camel!
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What a disaster is coming on you religious teachers and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You clean the out...
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You blind Pharisees! First clean the inside of the cup and the plate, so that the outside will also...
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What a disaster is coming on you religious teachers and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whit...
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You're just the same. On the outside you look like good people to others, but on the inside you're f...
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What a disaster is coming on you religious teachers and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You build tombs a...
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and you say, ‘If we had lived in the times of our ancestors we would not have joined them in sheddin...
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But by saying this you testify against yourselves, proving that you belong to those who murdered the...
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So get on with it—finish it all off using your forefathers' methods!
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You snakes, you brood of vipers, how will you escape the judgment of Gehenna?
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That's why I'm sending you prophets, wise men, and teachers. Some of them you will kill, some of the...
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As a result, you will be held accountable for the blood of all the good people that has been poured...
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I'm telling you, the consequences of all this will fall on this generation.
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Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those who are sent to you! So often I want...
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Now look—your house is left abandoned, totally empty.
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I tell you this: you won't see me from now on until you say, ‘Blessed is the one who comes in the na...
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