Matthew 23:27

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you are like whitewashed tombs, which outwardly appear beautiful, but within they are full of dead men's bones and all uncleanness.

Cross References

Proverbs 26:23

Like the glaze covering an earthen vessel are smooth lips with an evil heart.

Numbers 19:16

Whoever in the open field touches one who is slain with a sword, or a dead body, or a bone of a man, or a grave, shall be unclean seven days.

Matthew 23:28

So you also outwardly appear righteous to men, but within you are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.

Luke 11:44

Woe to you! for you are like graves which are not seen, and men walk over them without knowing it.”

Acts 23:3

Then Paul said to him, “God shall strike you, you whitewashed wall! Are you sitting to judge me according to the law, and yet contrary to the law you order me to be struck?”

Galatians 6:12

It is those who want to make a good showing in the flesh that would compel you to be circumcised, and only in order that they may not be persecuted for the cross of Christ.