Matthew 23:34
Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes; some of whom ye will kill and crucify, and some of them ye will scourge in your synagogues, and will persecute them from city to city:
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
In Context
33Ye serpents, ye race of vipers: how can ye escape the condemnation of hell?
Cross References
Matthew 10:16Behold, I send you forth as sheep among wolves. Therefore be ye sagacious as serpents, and guileless as doves.
Matthew 13:52He said to them: Therefore every Scribe who is instructed for the kingdom of heaven, is like a man who is master of a house, who bringeth forth from his treasures things new and old.
Matthew 28:19Go ye, therefore, and instruct all nations; and baptize them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
Luke 24:47and that, in his name, repentance for the remission of sins should be preached among all nations, and that the commencement be at Jerusalem.
John 20:21And Jesus said to them; Peace be with you. As my Father hath 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 →