Matthew 23:27

Conservative English Version

You Pharisees and teachers are in for trouble! You're nothing but show-offs. You're like tombs that have been whitewashed. On the outside they are beautiful, but inside they are full of bones and filth.

Cross References

Proverbs 26:23

Hiding hateful thoughts behind smooth talk is like coating a clay pot with a cheap glaze.

Numbers 19:16

If you touch the body of someone who was killed or who died of old age, or if you touch a human bone or a grave, you will be unclean for seven days.

Matthew 23:28

That's what you are like. Outside you look good, but inside you are evil and only pretend to be good.

Luke 11:44

But you are in for trouble! You are like unmarked graves that people walk on without even knowing it.

Acts 23:3

Paul turned to the high priest and said, "You whitewashed wall! God will hit you. You sit there to judge me by the Law of Moses. But at the same time you order men to break the Law by hitting me."

Galatians 6:12

Those people who are telling you to get circumcised are only trying to show how important they are. And they don't want to get into trouble for preaching about the cross of Christ.