Matthew 23:27

English Standard Version 2016

“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs, which outwardly appear beautiful, but within are full of dead people’s bones and all uncleanness.

Cross References

Acts 23:3

Then Paul said to him, “God is going to strike you, you whitewashed wall! Are you sitting to judge me according to the law, and yet contrary to the law you order me to be struck?”

Luke 11:44

Woe to you! For you are like unmarked graves, and people walk over them without knowing it.”

Numbers 19:16

Whoever in the open field touches someone who was killed with a sword or who died naturally, or touches a human bone or a grave, shall be unclean seven days.

Proverbs 26:23

Like the glaze covering an earthen vessel are fervent lips with an evil heart.

Matthew 23:28

So you also outwardly appear righteous to others, but within you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.

Galatians 6:12

It is those who want to make a good showing in the flesh who would force you to be circumcised, and only in order that they may not be persecuted for the cross of Christ.