Matthew 23:13

Bible in Basic English 1965

But a curse is on you, scribes and Pharisees, false ones! because you are shutting the kingdom of heaven against men: for you do not go in yourselves, and those who are going in, you keep back.

Cross References

Isaiah 33:14

The sinners in Zion are full of fear; the haters of God are shaking with wonder. Who among us may keep his place before the burning fire? who among us may see the eternal burnings?

Zechariah 11:17

A curse on the foolish keeper who goes away from the flock! the sword will be on his arm and on his right eye: his arm will become quite dry and his eye will be made completely dark.

Matthew 23:16

You foolish ones and blind: which is greater, the gold, or the Temple which makes the gold holy?

Matthew 23:23

You blind guides, who take out a fly from your drink, but make no trouble over a camel.

Matthew 23:25

You blind Pharisee, first make clean the inside of the cup and of the plate, so that the outside may become equally clean.

Matthew 23:27

Even so you seem to men to be full of righteousness, but inside you are all false and full of wrongdoing.

Matthew 23:29

If we had been living in the days of our fathers, we would not have taken part with them in the blood of the prophets.

Matthew 3:7

But when he saw a number of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them, Offspring of snakes, at whose word are you going in flight from the wrath to come?

Luke 11:52

A curse is on you, teachers of the law! for you have taken away the key of knowledge: you did not go in yourselves, and you got in the way of those who were going in.

John 9:22

They said this because of their fear of the Jews: for the Jews had come to an agreement that if any man said that Jesus was the Christ he would be put out of the Synagogue.

John 9:24

So they sent a second time for the man who had been blind and they said to him, Give glory to God: it is clear to us that this man is a sinner.

John 9:34

Their answer was: You came to birth through sin; do you make yourself our teacher? And they put him out of the Synagogue.

Acts 13:8

But Elymas, the wonder-worker for that is the sense of his name, put himself against them, with the purpose of turning the ruler from the faith.

Acts 5:28

We gave you very clear orders not to give teaching in this name: and now Jerusalem is full of your teaching, and you are attempting to make us responsible for this man's death.

Acts 5:40

And he seemed to them to be right: and they sent for the Apostles, and, after having them whipped and giving them orders to give no teaching in the name of Jesus, they let them go.

Acts 8:1

And Saul gave approval to his death. Now at that time a violent attack was started against the church in Jerusalem; and all but the Apostles went away into all parts of Judaea and Samaria.

2 Timothy 3:8

And as James and Jambres went against Moses, so do these go against what is true: men of evil minds, who, tested by faith, are seen to be false.

2 Timothy 4:15

But be on the watch for him, for he was violent in his attacks on our teaching.