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Matthew 23:27

World English Bible

“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitened tombs, which outwardly appear beautiful, but inwardly are full of dead men’s bones, and of all uncleanness.

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Matthew 23:27 in other translations

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.

Matthew 23:27 · American Standard Version

Matthew 23:27 in context

  1. 25“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and unrighteousness.
  2. 26You blind Pharisee, first clean the inside of the cup and of the platter, that its outside may become clean also.
  3. 27“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitened tombs, which outwardly appear beautiful, but inwardly are full of dead men’s bones, and of all uncleanness.
  4. 28Even so you also outwardly appear righteous to men, but inwardly you are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.
  5. 29“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you build the tombs of the prophets, and decorate the tombs of the righteous,