Matthew 23:26
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.
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.
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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
Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
Read in contextJames 4:8
Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.
Read in contextHebrews 10:22
Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.
Read in contextEzekiel 18:31
Cast away from you all your transgressions, whereby ye have transgressed; and make you a new heart and a new spirit: for why will ye die, O house of Israel?
Read in contextIsaiah 55:7
Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
Read in contextLuke 6:45
A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh.
Read in contextMatthew 12:33
Either make the tree good, and his fruit good; or else make the tree corrupt, and his fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by his fruit.
Read in contextJeremiah 13:27
I have seen thine adulteries, and thy neighings, the lewdness of thy whoredom, and thine abominations on the hills in the fields. Woe unto thee, O Jerusalem! wilt thou not be made clean? when shall it once be?
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