Matthew 23:27

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

“It will be bad for you teachers of the law and you Pharisees! You are hypocrites! You are like tombs that are painted white. Outside they look fine, but inside they are full of dead people’s bones and all kinds of filth.

Cross References

Acts 23:3

Paul said to Ananias, “God will hit you too! You are like a dirty wall that has been painted white. You sit there and judge me, using the Law of Moses. But you are telling them to hit me, and that is against the law.”

Luke 11:44

It will be bad for you, because you are like hidden graves. People walk on them without knowing it.”

Numbers 19:16

If there is a dead body out in a field, whether the person died in battle or for some other reason, whoever touches that dead body, or its bones, or even its grave will be unclean for seven days.

Proverbs 26:23

Good words that hide an evil heart are like silver paint over a cheap, clay pot.

Matthew 23:28

It is the same with you. People look at you and think you are godly. But on the inside you are full of hypocrisy and evil.

Galatians 6:12

Those men who are trying to force you to be circumcised are only doing it so that their people will accept them. They are afraid they will be persecuted if they follow only the cross of Christ.