Matthew 23:29 - The Scriptures 1998

²⁹ “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you build the tombs of the prophets and decorate the monuments of the righteous,

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁹ Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous,

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁹ Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, pretenders (hypocrites)! For you build tombs for the prophets and decorate the monuments of the righteous,

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁹ Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, and garnish the tombs of the righteous,

Common English Bible

²⁹ “How terrible it will be for you legal experts and Pharisees! Hypocrites! You build tombs for the prophets and decorate the graves of the righteous.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁹ Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites, who build the sepulchers of the prophets and adorn the monuments of the just.

Matthew 23:29 Cross References

Matthew 23:27

“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you are like whitewashed tombs which outwardly indeed look well, but inside are filled with dead men’s bones and all uncleanness.

Matthew 23:28

“So you too outwardly indeed appear righteous to men, but inside you are filled with hypocrisy and lawlessness.

Matthew 23:30

and say, ‘If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we would not have taken part with them in the blood of the prophets.’

Acts 2:29

“Men and brothers, let me speak boldly to you of the ancestor Dawiḏ