Matthew 23:14
“But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you shut up the Kingdom of Heaven against men; for you don’t enter in yourselves, neither do you allow those who are entering in to enter.
World English Bible British
In The King James Version
In Context
Cross References
Exodus 22:22“You shall not take advantage of any widow or fatherless child.
Job 31:16“If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,
Matthew 23:33You serpents, you offspring of vipers, how will you escape the judgement of Gehenna?
Luke 12:48but he who didn’t know, and did things worthy of stripes, will be beaten with few stripes. To whomever much is given, of him will much be required; and to whom much was entrusted, of him more will be asked.
2 Timothy 3:6For some of these are people who creep into houses and take captive gullible women loaded down with sins, led away by various lusts,
James 3:1Let not many of you be teachers, my brothers, knowing that we will receive heavier judgement.
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 →