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Luke 11:44

Integrity

42 Woe to you Pharisees! You pay tithes of mint, rue, and every herb, but you disregard justice and the love of God. You should have practiced the latter without neglecting the former.

43 Woe to you Pharisees! You love the chief seats in the synagogues and the greetings in the marketplaces.

Woe to you! For you are like unmarked graves, which men walk over without even noticing.”

45 One of the experts in the law told Him, “Teacher, when You say these things, You insult us as well.”

46 “Woe to you as well, experts in the law!” He replied. “You weigh men down with heavy burdens, but you yourselves will not lift a finger to lighten their load.

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BSB
Woe to you! For you are like unmarked graves, which men walk over without even noticing.”
KJV
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are as graves which appear not, and the men that walk over them are not aware of them.
WEB
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like hidden graves, and the men who walk over them don’t know it.”
ASV
Woe unto you! for ye are as the tombs which appear not, and the men that walk over [them] know it not.
DARBY
Woe unto you, for ye are as the sepulchres which appear not, and the men walking over them do not know [it].
BLB
Woe to you⁺, because you⁺ are like unmarked tombs, and the men walking above do not know.”
ÅB
Ve dere, dere som ligner de ukjennelige graver, som menneskene går omkring på uten å vite av det!
OTB
Ve dere, for dere er som umerkede graver, som folk går over uten å vite det."
B1930
Ve eder, I som ligner de ukjennelige graver, som menneskene går omkring på uten å vite av det!

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Cross references

  • Matthew 23:27–28

    Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside, but on the inside are full of dead men’s bones and every kind of impurity.

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  • Acts 23:3

    Then Paul said to him, “God will strike you, you whitewashed wall! You sit here to judge me according to the law, yet you yourself violate the law by commanding that I be struck.”

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  • Psalms 5:9

    For not a word they speak can be trusted; destruction lies within them. Their throats are open graves; their tongues practice deceit.

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  • Numbers 19:16

    Anyone in the open field who touches someone who has been killed by the sword or has died of natural causes, or anyone who touches a human bone or a grave, will be unclean for seven days.

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  • Hosea 9:8

    The prophet is Ephraim’s watchman, along with my God, yet the snare of the fowler lies on all his paths. Hostility is in the house of his God!

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