Matthew 23:27
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like whited sepulchres, which outwardly indeed appear beautiful, but within are full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
26Blind Pharisee! cleanse first the inside of the cup, that its outside side also may become clean.
28Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous to men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.
Cross References
Luke 11:44Woe to you, for ye are as tombs which are unseen, and men walking over them know it not.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 23:14-34
The Crimes of the Pharisees. 13 But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in. 14 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation. 15 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make… Read the whole commentary →