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Matthew 23:28
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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.’
31 “Therefore you are witnesses against yourselves that ayou are sons of those who murdered the prophets.  
32 aFill up, then, the measure of your fathers’ guilt.  
33 Serpents, abrood of vipers! How can you escape the condemnation of hell?  
34 aTherefore, indeed, I send you prophets, wise men, and scribes: bsome of them you will kill and crucify, and csome of them you will scourge in your synagogues and persecute from city to city,  
35 athat on you may come all the righteous blood shed on the earth, bfrom the blood of righteous Abel to cthe blood of Zechariah, son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar.  
36 Assuredly, I say to you, all these things will come upon this generation.

Jesus Laments over Jerusalem

37 a“O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the one who kills the prophets band stones those who are sent to her! How often cI wanted to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks dunder her wings, but you were not willing!  
38 See! Your house is left to you desolate;
39 for I say to you, you shall see Me no more till you say, a‘Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!’ ” 
Verse Comparison: Matthew 23:28

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American Standard Version
Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but inwardly ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.

Amplified® Bible
Just so, you also outwardly seem to people to be just {and} upright but inside you are full of pretense and lawlessness {and} iniquity.

Contemporary English Version
That's what you are like. Outside you look good, but inside you are evil and only pretend to be good.

Darby English Version
Thus also *ye*, outwardly ye appear righteous to men, but within are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.

Good News Bible
In the same way, on the outside you appear good to everybody, but inside you are full of hypocrisy and sins.

International Standard Version
In the same way, on the outside you look righteous to people, but inside you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.

King James Version
Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.

New American Standard Bible
"So you, too, outwardly appear righteous to men, but inwardly you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.

New International Version
In the same way, on the outside you appear to people as righteous but on the inside you are full of hypocrisy and wickedness.

New King James Version
Even so you also outwardly appear righteous to men, but inside you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"So you, too, outwardly appear righteous to men, but inwardly you prove yourselves full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.

Young's Literal Translation
so also ye outwardly indeed do appear to men righteous, and within ye are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.


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