Matthew 23:13
But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You shut the kingdom of heaven against people. For you do not enter it yourselves, and neither do you allow those about to enter to do so.
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12Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.
Cross References
Isaiah 33:14The sinners in Zion are afraid; trembling has seized the godless ones. 1 Who among us can sojourn with a raging fire? Who among us can sojourn with everlasting burnings? 1
Matthew 21:31Which of the two sons did his father's will?” They said, “The first one.” Jesus said to them, “Truly I say to you, the tax collectors and the prostitutes will enter the kingdom of God before you do.
Matthew 23:23Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint and dill and cumin, but you have left undone the weightier matters of the law—justice and mercy and faith. But these you ought to have done and not to have left the other undone.
Matthew 23:27Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs, which on the outside look beautiful, but on the inside are full of dead men's bones and everything unclean.
Luke 11:43Woe to you Pharisees, for you love the front seats in the synagogues and respectful greetings in the marketplaces.
John 7:46The officers answered, “Never has anyone spoken like this.”
Matthew Henry on Matthew 23:2-13
The Scribes and Pharisees Condemned; Cautions against Pride. 1 Then spake Jesus to the multitude, and to his disciples, 2 Saying, The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat: 3 All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe and do; but do not ye after their works: for they say, and do not. 4 For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men's shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers. 5 But all their works they do for to be seen of men:… Read the whole commentary →