Matthew 23:28

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

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

Cross References

Psalm 51:6

But you want complete honesty, so teach me true wisdom.

Proverbs 26:26

Everyone will see through those evil plans.

Matthew 23:27

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.

Matthew 23:29

You Pharisees and teachers are nothing but show-offs, and you're in for trouble! You build monuments for the prophets and decorate the tombs of good people.

Matthew 23:5

Everything they do is just to show off in front of others. They even make a big show of wearing Scripture verses on their foreheads and arms, and they wear big tassels for everyone to see.

Luke 16:15

But Jesus told them: You are always making yourselves look good, but God sees what is in your heart. The things that most people think are important are worthless as far as God is concerned.

Galatians 2:13

He and the other Jews hid their true feelings so well that even Barnabas was fooled.

1 Samuel 16:7

But the LORD told him, “Samuel, don't think Eliab is the one just because he's tall and handsome. He isn't the one I've chosen. People judge others by what they look like, but I judge people by what is in their hearts.”