Matthew 23:28

so do ye likewise outwardly appear to men to be righteous, but within are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.

1770 John Worsley NT

In The King James Version

Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.

In Context

27Wo unto you scribes and pharisees, hypocrites; who are like whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful without, but within are full of the bones of the dead, and all manner of filthiness;

29Wo unto you scribes and pharisees, hypocrites; who build the tombs of the prophets, and adorn the monuments of the just,

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Cross References

Matthew 15:19For out of the heart proceed wicked disputings, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false-witnessings, slanders:

Mark 7:21for out of the heart of men proceed evil thoughts,

Hebrews 4:12For the word of God is lively and efficacious, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing of soul and spirit, and of the very joints and marrow, and judging the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

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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