| 1 | Then spake Jesus to the multitude , and to his disciples , |
| 2 | Saying , The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses ' seat : |
| 3 | All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe , [that] observe and do ; but do not ye after their works : for they say , and do not . |
| 4 | For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne , and lay [them] on men's shoulders ; but they [themselves] will not move them with one of their fingers . |
| 5 | But all their works they do for to be seen of men : they make broad their phylacteries , and enlarge the borders of their garments , |
| 6 | And love the uppermost rooms at feasts , and the chief seats in the synagogues , |
| 7 | And greetings in the markets , and to be called of men , Rabbi , Rabbi . |
| 8 | But be not ye called Rabbi : for one is your Master , [even] Christ ; and all ye are brethren . |
| 9 | And call no [man] your father upon the earth : for one is your Father , which is in heaven . |
| 10 | Neither be ye called masters : for one is your Master , [even] Christ . |
| 11 | But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant . |
| 12 | And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased ; and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted . |
| 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 him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves . |
| 16 | Woe unto you , [ye] blind guides , which say , Whosoever shall swear by the temple , it is nothing ; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple , he is a debtor ! |
| 17 | [Ye] fools and blind : for whether is greater , the gold , or the temple that sanctifieth the gold ? |
| 18 | And , Whosoever shall swear by the altar , it is nothing ; but whosoever sweareth by the gift that is upon it , he is guilty . |
| 19 | [Ye] fools and blind : for whether [is] greater , the gift , or the altar that sanctifieth the gift ? |
| 20 | Whoso therefore shall swear by the altar , sweareth by it , and by all things thereon . |
| 21 | And whoso shall swear by the temple , sweareth by it , and by him that dwelleth therein . |
| 22 | And he that shall swear by heaven , sweareth by the throne of God , and by him that sitteth thereon . |
| 23 | Woe unto you , scribes and Pharisees , hypocrites ! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin , and have omitted the weightier [matters] of the law , judgment , mercy , and faith : these ought ye to have done , and not to leave the other undone . |
| 24 | [Ye] blind guides , which strain at a gnat , and swallow a camel . |
| 25 | Woe unto you , scribes and Pharisees , hypocrites ! for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter , but within they are full of extortion and excess . |
| 26 | [Thou] blind Pharisee , cleanse first that [which is] within the cup and platter , that the outside of them may be clean also . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men , but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity . |
| 29 | Woe unto you , scribes and Pharisees , hypocrites ! because ye build the tombs of the prophets , and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous , |
| 30 | And say , If we had been in the days of our fathers , we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets . |
| 31 | Wherefore ye be witnesses unto yourselves , that ye are the children of them which killed the prophets . |
| 32 | Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers . |
| 33 | [Ye] serpents , [ye] generation of vipers , how can ye escape the damnation of hell ? |
| 34 | Wherefore , behold , I send unto you prophets , and wise men , and scribes : and [some] of them ye shall kill and crucify ; and [some] of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues , and persecute [them] from city to city : |
| 35 | That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth , from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias , whom ye slew between the temple and the altar . |
| 36 | Verily I say unto you , All these things shall come upon this generation . |
| 37 | O Jerusalem , Jerusalem , [thou] that killest the prophets , and stonest them which are sent unto thee , how often would I have gathered thy children together , even as a hen gathereth her chickens under [her] wings , and ye would not ! |
| 38 | Behold , your house is left unto you desolate . |
| 39 | For I say unto you , Ye shall not see me henceforth , till ye shall say , Blessed [is] he that cometh in the name of the Lord . |
