shut the kingdom of heaven [5]against men: for ye enter not in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering in to enter.[6] | | 40 they which | |47 which devour widows' | | devour widows' houses, [12]and for | | houses, and for a a pretence make long| | pretence make long prayers; these shall| | prayers: these receive greater | | shall receive condemnation. | | greater | | condemnation. | | 15 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte; and when he is become so, ye make him twofold more a son of [7]hell than yourselves. 16 Woe unto you, ye blind guides, which say, Whosoever shall swear by the [8]temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the 17 gold of the [8]temple, he is [9]a debtor. Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gold, or the [8]temple that hath 18 sanctified the gold? And, Whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gift that is upon it, 19 he is [9]a debtor. Ye blind: for whether is greater, the gift, or 20 the altar that sanctifieth the gift? He therefore that sweareth by 21 the altar, sweareth by it, and by all things thereon. And he that sweareth by the [8]temple, sweareth by it, and by him that 22 dwelleth therein. And he that sweareth by the heaven, sweareth by the throne of God, and by him that sitteth thereon. 23 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye tithe mint and [10]anise and cummin [_see Lev. 27:30; Mic. 6:8_], and have left undone the weightier matters of the law, judgement, and mercy, and faith: but these ye ought to have done, and not to have 24 left the other undone. Ye blind guides, which strain out the gnat, and swallow the camel. 25 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye cleanse the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are 26 full from extortion and excess. Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first the inside of the cup and of the platter, that the outside thereof may become clean also. 27 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which outwardly appear beautiful, but inwardly are full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness. 28 Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but inwardly ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity. 29 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, and garnish the tombs of the