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Matthew 23:27-33 ALT
(27) "How horrible it will be to you*, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you* resemble graves having been whitewashed [or, whitewashed graves], which outwardly indeed appear beautiful, but within are full of bones of dead [people] and of all uncleanness [or, impurity].
(28) "In the same way, _you*_ also indeed outwardly appear to the people [as] righteous, but within you* are full of hypocrisy [or, insincerity] and lawlessness.
(29) "How horrible it will be to you*, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you* build the graves of the prophets and adorn the tombs of the righteous,
(30) and you* say, 'If we were [fig., had lived] in the days of our fathers, we would not have been participants with them in the blood of the prophets,'
(31) with the result that you* testify against yourselves that you* are sons of the ones having murdered the prophets.
(32) "And _you*_ fill up the measure of your* fathers.
(33) "Serpents! Brood of vipers! How shall you* escape from the judgment of hell [Gr., gehenna]?
Matthew 23:27-33 NWT
27 "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because you resemble whitewashed graves, which outwardly indeed appear beautiful but inside are full of dead men's bones and of every sort of uncleanness. 28 In that way you also, outwardly indeed, appear righteous to men, but inside you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness. 29 "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because you build the graves of the prophets and decorate the memorial tombs of the righteous ones, 30 and you say, 'If we were in the days of our forefathers, we would not be sharers with them in the blood of the prophets.' 31 Therefore you are bearing witness against yourselves that you are sons of those who murdered the prophets. 32 Well, then, fill up the measure of your forefathers. 33 "Serpents, offspring of vipers, how are you to flee from the judgment of Gehenna?
Matthew 23:27-33 YLT
(27) `Woe to you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye are like to whitewashed sepulchres, which outwardly indeed do appear beautiful, and within are full of bones of dead men, and of all uncleanness;
(28) so also ye outwardly indeed do appear to men righteous, and within ye are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.
(29) `Woe to you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, and adorn the tombs of the righteous,
(30) and say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.
(31) So that ye testify to yourselves, that ye are sons of them who did murder the prophets;
(32) and ye--ye fill up the measure of your fathers.
(33) `Serpents! brood of vipers! how may ye escape from the judgment of the gehenna?
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The Translations we quote are:
ALT - Analytical Literal Translation
ASV - American Standard Version (by the American revision committee in 1897).
Darby - 1889 Darby Bible
DRB - 1899 Douay-Rheims Bible
BBE - 1965 Bible in Basic English
LITV - Literal Translation of the Holy Bible
KJV - King James Version
MKJV - Modern King James Version
NWT - New World Translation
Webster - 1833 Webster Bible
RV - Revised Version
YLT - Young's Literal Translation