Matthew 23:29 - Easy To Read Version “It will be bad for you teachers of the law and Pharisees. {\cf2\super [351]} You are hypocrites. {\cf2\super [352]} You build tombs for the prophets. {\cf2\super [353]} And you show honor to the graves of people that lived good lives. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous, Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, pretenders (hypocrites)! For you build tombs for the prophets and decorate the monuments of the righteous, American Standard Version (1901) Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, and garnish the tombs of the righteous, Common English Bible “How terrible it will be for you legal experts and Pharisees! Hypocrites! You build tombs for the prophets and decorate the graves of the righteous. Catholic Public Domain Version Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites, who build the sepulchers of the prophets and adorn the monuments of the just. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Woe to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites; that build the sepulchres of the prophets, and adorn the monuments of the just, |
“It will be bad for you teachers of the law and Pharisees. {\cf2\super [347]} You are hypocrites. {\cf2\super [348]} You are like tombs {\cf2\super [349]} that are painted white. The outside of those tombs looks fine. But inside, the tombs are full of the bones of dead people. And all kinds of unclean things are inside there.
It is the same with you. People look at you and think that you are good. But on the inside you are full of hypocrisy {\cf2\super [350]} and evil.
And you say, ‘If we had lived during the time of our fathers, {\cf2\super [354]} we would not have helped them kill these prophets.’
“My brothers, I can tell you truly about David, {\cf2\super [32]} our ancestor. He died and was buried. His grave is still here with us today.