Matthew 23:27
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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.Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside, but on the inside are full of dead men’s bones and every kind of impurity.
In other translations
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.Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside, but on the inside are full of dead men’s bones and every kind of impurity.
Greek words
ΟὐαὶOuaiWoeG3759ὑμῖν,huminto you,G4771γραμματεῖςgrammateisscribesG1122καὶkaiandG2532ΦαρισαῖοιPharisaioiPhariseesG5330ὑποκριταί,hupokritaihypocrites!G5273ὅτιhotiForG3754παρομοιάζετεparomoiazeteyou resembleG3945τάφοιςtaphoistombsG5028κεκονιαμένοιςkekoniamenoiswhitewashedG2867οἵτινεςoitineswhichG3748ἔξωθενexōthenoutsideG1855μὲνmenindeedG3303φαίνονταιphainontaiappearG5316ὡραῖοι,hōraioibeautiful,G5611ἔσωθενesōthenInsideG2081δὲdehoweverG1161γέμουσινgemousinthey are fullG1073ὀστέωνosteōnof bonesG3747νεκρῶνnekrōnof [the] deadG3498καὶkaiandG2532πάσηςpasēsof allG3956ἀκαθαρσίας.akatharsiasimpurity.G167
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Related verses
- Luke 11:44Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are as graves which appear not, and the men that walk over them are not aware of them.Woe to you! For you are like unmarked graves, which men walk over without even noticing.”
- Acts 23:3Then said Paul unto him, God shall smite thee, thou whited wall: for sittest thou to judge me after the law, and commandest me to be smitten contrary to the law?Then Paul said to him, “God will strike you, you whitewashed wall! You sit here to judge me according to the law, yet you yourself violate the law by commanding that I be struck.”
- Numbers 19:16And whosoever toucheth one that is slain with a sword in the open fields, or a dead body, or a bone of a man, or a grave, shall be unclean seven days.Anyone in the open field who touches someone who has been killed by the sword or has died of natural causes, or anyone who touches a human bone or a grave, will be unclean for seven days.
- Isaiah 58:1-21 Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and shew my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins. 2 Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways, as a nation that did righteousness, and forsook not the ordinance of their God: they ask of me the ordinances of justice; they take delight in approaching to God.1 “Cry aloud, do not hold back! Raise your voice like a ram’s horn. Declare to My people their transgression and to the house of Jacob their sins. 2 For day after day they seek Me and delight to know My ways, like a nation that does what is right and does not forsake the justice of their God. They ask Me for righteous judgments; they delight in the nearness of God.”
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