Matthew 23:34
On this account, behold, I send to you prophets, and wise men, and scribes; (some) of these you shall kill and crucify; and (some) of these you shall scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from city to city.
The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge
In The King James Version
In Context
33Serpents, birth of vipers! how will you escape from the judgment of gihana?
Cross References
Matthew 10:16LO, I send you forth as sheep among wolves: be you, therefore, wise as serpents and guileless as doves.
Matthew 13:52He saith to them, On this account every scribe who is learned in the kingdom of heaven, is like to a man a house-lord, who bringeth forth from his treasuries the new and the old.
Matthew 28:19As the Father sent me, so also I send you. Go therefore, disciple all nations, and baptize them in the name (of) the Father, and (of) the Son, and (of) the Spirit of Holiness.
Luke 24:47and that in his name should be preached repentance and the forgiveness of sins among all nations, and that the commencement should be from Urishlem.
John 20:21Then said Jeshu unto them, Peace (be) with you: as my Father sent me, I also send you.
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 →