Matthew 23:27

New American Bible - revised edition

“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites. You are like whitewashed tombs, which appear beautiful on the outside, but inside are full of dead men’s bones and every kind of filth.

Cross References

Proverbs 26:23

Like a glazed finish on earthenware are smooth lips and a wicked heart.

Numbers 19:16

Moreover, everyone who in the open country touches a person who has been slain by the sword or who has died naturally, or who touches a human bone or a grave, will be unclean for seven days.

Matthew 23:28

Even so, on the outside you appear righteous, but inside you are filled with hypocrisy and evildoing.

Luke 11:44

Woe to you! You are like unseen graves over which people unknowingly walk.”

Acts 23:3

Then Paul said to him, “God will strike you, you whitewashed wall. Do you indeed sit in judgment upon me according to the law and yet in violation of the law order me to be struck?”

Galatians 6:12

It is those who want to make a good appearance in the flesh who are trying to compel you to have yourselves circumcised, only that they may not be persecuted for the cross of Christ.