Matthew 23:26 - Forerunner Commentary

Matthew 23:26

24 Blind guides, who strain out a gnat and swallow a camel!

25 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! ^aFor you cleanse the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full of extortion and¹ self-indulgence.

26 Blind Pharisee, first cleanse the inside of the cup and dish, that the outside of them may be clean also.

27 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! ^aFor you are like whitewashed tombs which indeed appear beautiful outwardly, but inside are full of dead men’s bones and all uncleanness.

28 Even so you also outwardly appear righteous to men, but inside you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.

29 ^a“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you build the tombs of the prophets and¹ adorn the monuments of the righteous,

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 Comparison: Matthew 23:26

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American Standard Version
Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first the inside of the cup and of the platter, that the outside thereof may become clean also.

Amplified® Bible
You blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and of the plate, so that the outside may be clean also.

Contemporary English Version
You blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of a cup, and then the outside will also be clean.

Darby English Version
Blind Pharisee, make clean first the inside of the cup and of the dish, that their outside also may become clean.

Good News Bible
Blind Pharisee! Clean what is inside the cup first, and then the outside will be clean too!

International Standard Version
You blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup, so that its outside may also be clean.

King James Version
Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first that which is within the cup and platter, that the outside of them may be clean also.

New American Standard Bible
"You blind Pharisee, first clean the inside of the cup and of the dish, so that the outside of it may become clean also.

New International Version
Blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and dish, and then the outside also will be clean.

New King James Version
Blind Pharisee, first cleanse the inside of the cup and dish, that the outside of them may be clean also.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"You blind Pharisee, first clean the inside of the cup and of the dish, so that the outside of it may become clean also.

Young's Literal Translation
`Blind Pharisee! cleanse first the inside of the cup and the plate, that the outside of them also may become clean.

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