Matthew 23:15
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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.Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You traverse land and sea to win a single convert, and when he becomes one, you make him twice as much a son of hell as you are.
In other translations
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.Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You traverse land and sea to win a single convert, and when he becomes one, you make him twice as much a son of hell as you are.
Greek words
ΟὐαὶOuaiWoeG3759ὑμῖν,huminto you,G4771γραμματεῖςgrammateisscribesG1122καὶkaiandG2532ΦαρισαῖοιPharisaioiPhariseesG5330ὑποκριταί,hupokritaihypocrites!G5273ὅτιhotiForG3754περιάγετεperiageteyou traverseG4013τὴνtēntheG3588θάλασσανthalassanseaG2281καὶkaiandG2532τὴνtēntheG3588ξηρὰνxērandry [land]G3584ποιῆσαιpoiēsaito makeG4160ἕναhenaoneG1520προσήλυτον,prosēlutonconvert,G4339καὶkaiandG2532ὅτανhotanwhenG3752γένηται,genētaihe may become [so],G1096ποιεῖτεpoieiteyou makeG4160αὐτὸνautonhimG846υἱὸνhuiona sonG5207γεέννηςgeennēsof hellG1067διπλότερονdiploterontwofold moreG1362ὑμῶν.¶humōnthan yourselves.G4771
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