Matthew 23:26
24 You blind guides! You strain out a gnat but swallow a camel.
25 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence.
Blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and dish, so that the outside may become clean as well.
27 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.
28 In the same way, on the outside you appear to be righteous, but on the inside you are full of hypocrisy and wickedness.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and dish, so that the outside may become clean as well.
- KJV
- Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first that which is within the cup and platter, that the outside of them may be clean also.
- WEB
- You blind Pharisee, first clean the inside of the cup and of the platter, that its outside may become clean also.
- ASV
- Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first the inside of the cup and of the platter, that the outside thereof may become clean also.
- DARBY
- Blind Pharisee, make clean first the inside of the cup and of the dish, that their outside also may become clean.
- BLB
- Blind Pharisee! First cleanse the inside of the cup and of the dish, so that its outside might become clean also.
- ÅB
- Blinde fariseer! Rens først koppen og fatet innvendig, så utsiden også kan bli ren!
- OTB
- Blinde fariseer! Rens først innsiden av begeret og fatet, så vil også utsiden bli ren.
- B1930
- Du blinde fariseer! rens først begeret og fatet innvendig, forat det også kan bli rent utvendig!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
2 Corinthians 7:1
Therefore, beloved, since we have these promises, let us cleanse ourselves from everything that defiles body and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
Read in contextJames 4:8
Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
Read in contextHebrews 10:22
let us draw near with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.
Read in contextEzekiel 18:31
Cast away from yourselves all the transgressions you have committed, and fashion for yourselves a new heart and a new spirit. Why should you die, O house of Israel?
Read in contextIsaiah 55:7
Let the wicked man forsake his own way and the unrighteous man his own thoughts; let him return to the LORD, that He may have compassion, and to our God, for He will freely pardon.
Read in contextLuke 6:45
The good man brings good things out of the good treasure of his heart, and the evil man brings evil things out of the evil treasure of his heart. For out of the overflow of the heart, the mouth speaks.
Read in contextMatthew 12:33
Make a tree good and its fruit will be good, or make a tree bad and its fruit will be bad; for a tree is known by its fruit.
Read in contextJeremiah 13:27
Your adulteries and lustful neighings, your shameless prostitution on the hills and in the fields— I have seen your detestable acts. Woe to you, O Jerusalem! How long will you remain unclean?”
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