Matthew 23:25

An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

'It is too bad for you hypocritical experts in the Law of Moses and [you] Pharisees! For you [carefully] wash the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they [i.e., such evil people] are full of greed and uncontrolled desire.

Cross References

Matthew 14:8

Her mother persuaded her to say, “Give me the head of John, the Immerser, here on this [large] platter.”

Philippians 2:6

He existed in the form of God [i.e., He shared God’s very nature], but did not consider [remaining] equal with God something [to continue] to hold onto.