Verse 1 Then Jesus spoke to the multitudes and to his disciples, Verse 2 saying, "Upon the seat of Moses the Pharisees and scribes sit. Verse 3 All which they will say unto you, observe and do; but their works do not do, because they say, and do not do. Verse 4 For they bind heavy burdens that are grievous to be borne, and lay them on men's shoulders; but they themselves will not lift a finger to help them. Verse 5 But all their works they do to be seen by others. They make their tefillin broad and enlarge the fringe of their garments, Verse 6 and love the place of honor at feasts, the best seats in the synagogues, Verse 7 the salutations in the marketplaces, and to be called 'Rabbi' by men. Verse 8 But you are not to be called 'Rabbi,' for one is your Teacher, and all of you are brothers. Verse 9 Call no man on the earth your father, for one is your Father, he who is in heaven. Verse 10 Neither be called masters, for one is your master, the Messiah. Verse 11 But he who is greatest among you will be your servant. Verse 12 Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted. Verse 13 "But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you shut up the Kingdom of Heaven against men; for you do not enter in yourselves, neither do you allow those who are entering in to enter." [ Verse 14 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you devour widows' houses, and as a pretense you make long prayers. Therefore you will receive greater condemnation.] Verse 15 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you travel around by sea and land to make one proselyte; and when he becomes one, you make him twice as much of a son of hell as yourselves. Verse 16 "Woe to you, you blind guides, who say, 'Whoever swears by the temple, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gold of the temple, he is obligated.' Verse 17 You blind fools! For which is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifies the gold? Verse 18 'Whoever swears by the altar, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gift that is on it, he is obligated?' Verse 19 You blind men! For which is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifies the gift? Verse 20 He therefore who swears by the altar, swears by it, and by everything on it. Verse 21 He who swears by the temple, swears by it, and by him who was living in it. Verse 22 He who swears by heaven, swears by the throne of God, and by him who sits on it. Verse 23 "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint, dill, and cumin, and have left undone the weightier matters of the Law: justice, mercy, and faith. But you ought to have done these, and not to have left the other undone. Verse 24 You blind guides, who strain out a gnat, and swallow a camel! Verse 25 "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and self-indulgence. Verse 26 You blind Pharisee, first clean the inside of the cup and of the platter, that its outside may become clean also. Verse 27 "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitened tombs, which outwardly appear beautiful, but inwardly are full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness. Verse 28 Even so you also outwardly appear righteous to men, but inwardly you are full of hypocrisy and iniquity. Verse 29 "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you build the tombs of the prophets, and decorate the tombs of the righteous, Verse 30 and say, 'If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.' Verse 31 Therefore you testify to yourselves that you are children of those who killed the prophets. Verse 32 Fill up, then, the measure of your fathers. Verse 33 You serpents, you offspring of vipers, how will you escape the judgment of hell? Verse 34 Therefore, behold, I send to you prophets, wise men, and scribes. Some of them you will kill and crucify; and some of them you will scourge in your synagogues, and persecute from city to city; Verse 35 that on you may come all the righteous blood shed on the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah son of Berechiah, whom you killed between the sanctuary and the altar. Verse 36 Truly I tell you, that all these things will come upon this generation. Verse 37 "Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets, and stones those who are sent to her! How often I would have gathered your children together, even as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you would not! Verse 38 Behold, your house is left to you desolate. Verse 39 For I tell you, you will not see me from now on, until you say, 'Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!'"