Matthew 23:27

God's Word

“How horrible it will be for you, experts in Moses’ Teachings and Pharisees! You hypocrites! You are like whitewashed graves that look beautiful on the outside but inside are full of dead people’s bones and every kind of impurity.

Cross References

Proverbs 26:23

⌞Like⌟ a clay pot covered with cheap silver, ⌞so⌟ is smooth talk that covers up an evil heart.

Numbers 19:16

“Whoever is outdoors and touches someone who was killed or has died naturally or anyone who touches a human bone or a grave will be unclean for seven days.

Matthew 23:28

So on the outside you look as though you have God’s approval, but inside you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.

Luke 11:44

How horrible it will be for you! You are like unmarked graves. People walk on them without knowing what they are.”

Acts 23:3

Then Paul said to him, “God will strike you, you hypocrite! You sit there and judge me by Moses’ Teachings and yet you break those teachings by ordering these men to strike me!”

Galatians 6:12

These people who want to make a big deal out of a physical thing are trying to force you to be circumcised. Their only aim is to avoid persecution because of the cross of Christ.