Matthew 23:27 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

²⁷ ‘Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs,   which appear beautiful on the outside, but inside are full of the bones of the dead and every kind of impurity.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁷ Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁷ Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, pretenders (hypocrites)! For you are like tombs that have been whitewashed, which look beautiful on the outside but inside are full of dead men's bones and everything impure.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁷ 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.

Common English Bible

²⁷ “How terrible it will be for you legal experts and Pharisees! Hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs. They look beautiful on the outside. But inside they are full of dead bones and all kinds of filth.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁷ Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed sepulchers, which outwardly appear brilliant to men, yet truly, inside, they are filled with the bones of the dead and with all filth.

Matthew 23:27 Cross References

Proverbs 26:23

Smooth  lips with an evil heart are like glaze on an earthen vessel.

Numbers 19:16

Anyone in the open field who touches a person who has been killed by the sword or has died, or who even touches a human bone, or a grave, will be unclean for seven days.

Matthew 23:28

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

Luke 11:44

‘Woe to you!   You are like unmarked graves;   the people who walk over them don’t know it.’

Acts 23:3

Then Paul said to him, ‘God is going to strike you, you whitewashed wall! You are sitting there judging me according to the law, and yet in violation of the law are you ordering me to be struck? ’

Galatians 6:12

Those who want to make a good impression in the flesh  are the ones who would compel you to be circumcised   #– #but only to avoid being persecuted  for the cross  of Christ.