Matthew 23:27

New Century Version

“How terrible for you, teachers of the law and Pharisees! You are hypocrites! You are like tombs that are painted white. Outside, those tombs look fine, but inside, they are full of the bones of dead people and all kinds of unclean things.

Cross References

Proverbs 26:23

Kind words from a wicked mind are like a shiny coating on a clay pot.

Numbers 19:16

If anyone is outside and touches someone who was killed by a sword or who died a natural death, or if anyone touches a human bone or a grave, that person will be unclean for seven days.

Matthew 23:28

It is the same with you. People look at you and think you are good, but on the inside you are full of hypocrisy and evil.

Luke 11:44

How terrible for you, because you are like hidden graves, which people walk on without knowing.”

Acts 23:3

Paul said to Ananias, “God will hit you, too! You are like a 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.”

Galatians 6:12

Some people are trying to force you to be circumcised so the Jews will accept them. They are afraid they will be attacked if they follow only the cross of Christ.