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(23:14) Woe to you, scribes and Pharishee, hypocrites ! because you hold the kingdom of heaven closed before the children of men; for you will not enter in yourselves, and them who are entering you will not permit to enter.

(23:13) WOE to you, scribes and Pharishee, hypocrites ! because you devour the houses of widows, with the pretext of prolonging your prayers; on account of which you shall receive the greater judgment.

Woe to you, scribes and Pharishee, hypocrites ! because you go over sea and dry (land) to make one proselyte; and when you have done it, you make him doubly more a son of gihana than yourselves.

Woe to you, scribes, Pharishee, hypocrites ! because you tithe mint, dill, and cummin, and omit the more grave [fn] of the law,-justice, benignity, and faithfulness. For these you should have done, and those not omitted.

WOE to you, scribes and Pharishee, hypocrites ! because you rebuild the tombs of the prophets and beautify the sepulchres of the just; and say,

And because of the abounding of iniquity, the love of many will languish.

Be wakeful therefore, because ye know not in what hour cometh your Lord.

Wherefore be ye also prepared, because in the hour that ye expect not shall come the Son of man.

But the chief priests took up the silver, and said, It is not lawful that we throw it into the place of offering, because it is the price of blood.

And all wondered, and questioned one with another, Who is this ? and what is this new doctrine ? because with authority he commandeth the impure spirits, and they obey him.

He said to them, Proceed you to the neighbouring towns and cities; for there also I will preach, because for this am I come.

Because they had said that an unclean spirit was in him.

And other fell upon the rock, so that it had not much earth; and it soon came up, because it had not depth of earth:

But when the fruit is mature, immediately cometh the sickle, because the harvest is come.

And he questioned him, How is thy name? And he said to him, Legion is our name, because we are many.

But the woman herself, fearing and trembling, because she knew what had been done for her, came, fell before him, and told him all the truth.

For Herodes feared Juchanon, because he knew that he was a man righteous and holy, and he protected him, and was many (times) hearing him, doing, and hearing him favourably.

For they understood not from that bread, because their heart was gross.

For all the Jihudoyee and Pharishee, unless they carefully wash their hands, do not eat, because they hold the tradition of the elders;

because it entereth not into his heart, but into his belly, and is cast out in the purgation which all food purgeth ?