Matthew 23:29

Woe to{you}, scribes and Pharisees, pretenders, that you-are-house-building the graves of{the prophets} and you-are-putting-in-order the memorials of{the just},

Garth's Hyper-literal Translation

In The King James Version

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous,

In Context

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}.

30and you-are-saying, 'If we-have-been-being in to{the days} of{the fathers} of{us} not supposing we-have-been-being in-common/partners of{same} in to{the blood} of{the prophets},'

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Cross References

Acts 2:29Men, brothers, being-permitted to-say alongside of{all-say-ia} toward you about of{the patriarch}, David, that also he-deceases and is-buried, and the memorial-effect of{same} is-being in to{us} even-to of{the day, the-same}.

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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