Matthew 23:27

Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, that be like to sepulchres whited [or made white], which withoutforth seem fair to men, (or who be like white tombs, which on the outside look beautiful to men); but within they be full of (the) bones of dead men, and of all filth.

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

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

26Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first the cup and the platter withinforth, (so) that [also] that that is withoutforth be made clean.

28So ye withoutforth seem just [or rightful] to men; but within ye be full of hypocrisy and wickedness.

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Cross References

Numbers 19:16If any man toucheth the dead body of a man slain in the field, either dead by himself, either a bone of him, either his sepulchre, he shall be unclean by seven days. (If anyone toucheth the dead body of someone killed in the field, that is, outside, or who hath died naturally, or who toucheth one of their bones, or their grave, or their tomb, they shall be unclean for seven days.)

Luke 11:44Woe to you, that be as sepulchres (or who be like graves), that be not seen [or which appear not], and men walking above know not.

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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