But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heavenagainst men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neithersuffer ye themthat are entering to go in.
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devourwidows’houses, and for a pretencemakelongprayer: therefore ye shallreceive the greaterdamnation.
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofoldmore the child of hellthanyourselves.
Woe unto you, ye blindguides, which say, Whosoevershallswear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoevershallswear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor!
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and haveomitted the weightiermatters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: theseought ye to havedone, and not to leave the otherundone.
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye makeclean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but withinthey are full of extortion and excess.
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are likeuntowhitedsepulchres, whichindeedappearbeautifuloutward, but are withinfull of deadmen’sbones, and of all uncleanness.
Wherefore, behold, I sendunto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: and some of them ye shallkill and crucify; and some of themshall ye scourge in yoursynagogues, and persecutethemfromcity to city:
Thatupon you may come all the righteousbloodshedupon the earth, from the blood of righteousAbelunto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slewbetween the temple and the altar.
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thouthatkillest the prophets, and stonestthemwhich are sentuntothee, how oftenwould I havegathered thy childrentogether, even as a hen gathereth her chickensunder her wings, and ye would not!