Matthew 23:29

Good News Translation

“How terrible for you, teachers of the Law and Pharisees! You hypocrites! You make fine tombs for the prophets and decorate the monuments of those who lived good lives;

Cross References

Matthew 23:27

“How terrible for you, teachers of the Law and Pharisees! You hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look fine on the outside but are full of bones and decaying corpses on the inside.

Matthew 23:28

In the same way, on the outside you appear good to everybody, but inside you are full of hypocrisy and sins.

Matthew 23:30

and you claim that if you had lived during the time of your ancestors, you would not have done what they did and killed the prophets.

Acts 2:29

“My friends, I must speak to you plainly about our famous ancestor King David. He died and was buried, and his grave is here with us to this very day.