Matthew 23:27

Woe to{you}, scribes and Pharisees, pretenders, that you-are-beside-like-izing[i.e. resembling] to{graves having-been-plastered/whitewashed}, the-which, on-one-hand, outwardly are-being-revealed timely; on-the-other-hand, inwardly are-brimming of{dead bones} and of{all unclean-ia}.

Garth's Hyper-literal Translation

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

26Blind Pharisee, cleanse first the within of{the cup} and of{the dish}, in-which-place also the without[i.e. outside] of{same} may-become clean.

28The-same-ly also, on-one-hand, outwardly, you are-being-revealed to{the men} just; on-the-other-hand, inwardly, you-are-being replete of{pretense} and of{lawless-ia}.

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Cross References

Luke 11:44Woe to{you}, scribes and Pharisees, pretenders, that you-are-being as the memorials, the un-evident, and the men, walking-around up-upon, have_not_beheld."

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 →

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