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Matthew 23:29 KJV
Matthew · chapter 23 · verse 29 · King James Version
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous,Matthew 23:29 · King James Version
Matthew 23:29 in context
27Woe 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.
28Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.
29Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous,
30And 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.
31Wherefore ye be witnesses unto yourselves, that ye are the children of them which killed the prophets.
Key words (Strong's)
- hypocriteshypokritēsone who answers, an interpreter, an actor, stage player, a dissembler, pretender…G5273 →
- sepulchresmnēmeionany visible object for preserving or recalling the memory of any person or thing, a…G3419 →
- PhariseespharisaiosA sect that seems to have started after the Jewish exile. In addition to OT books the…G5330 →
- prophetsprophētēsin Greek writings, an interpreter of oracles or of other hidden things, one who, moved by…G4396 →
- scribesgrammateusa clerk, scribe, esp.a public servant, secretary, recorder, whose office and influence…G1122 →
- garnishkosmeōto put in order, arrange, make ready, prepare, to ornament, adorn, metaph. to embellish…G2885 →
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