let the wicked forsake their way and the unrighteous their thoughts; let them return to the Lord, that he may have mercy on them, and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
Matthew 23:26 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 You blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and of the plate, so that the outside also may become clean. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first that which is within the cup and platter, that the outside of them may be clean also. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition You blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and of the plate, so that the outside may be clean also. American Standard Version (1901) Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first the inside of the cup and of the platter, that the outside thereof may become clean also. Common English Bible Blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup so that the outside of the cup will be clean too. Catholic Public Domain Version You blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and the dish, and then what is outside becomes clean. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Thou blind Pharisee, first make clean the inside of the cup and of the dish, that the outside may become clean. |
let the wicked forsake their way and the unrighteous their thoughts; let them return to the Lord, that he may have mercy on them, and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
I have seen your abominations, your adulteries and neighings, your shameless prostitutions on the hills of the countryside. Woe to you, O Jerusalem! How long will it be before you are made clean?
O Jerusalem, wash your heart clean of wickedness so that you may be saved. How long shall your evil schemes lodge within you?
Cast away from you all the transgressions that you have committed against me, and get yourselves a new heart and a new spirit! Why will you die, O house of Israel?
“Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or make the tree bad and its fruit bad, for the tree is known by its fruit.
Prompted by her mother, she said, “Give me the head of John the Baptist here on a platter.”
and they do not eat anything from the market unless they wash, and there are also many other traditions that they observe: the washing of cups and pots and bronze kettles and beds.)
Then the Lord said to him, “Now you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and of the dish, but inside you are full of greed and wickedness.
The good person out of the good treasure of the heart produces good, and the evil person out of evil treasure produces evil, for it is out of the abundance of the heart that the mouth speaks.
Since we have these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from every defilement of flesh and of spirit, making holiness perfect in the fear of God.
let us approach with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.
Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.