The sinners in Zion are afraid. Trembling has seized the godless ones. Who among us can live with the devouring fire? Who among us can live with everlasting burning?
Matthew 23:13 - Y'all Version Bible “Woe to y’all, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Y’all keep shutting humans out of the Empire of Heaven. For y’all do not enter it, but neither to do allow others to enter. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, pretenders (hypocrites)! For you shut the kingdom of heaven in men's faces; for you neither enter yourselves, nor do you allow those who are about to go in to do so. American Standard Version (1901) But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye shut the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye enter not in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering in to enter. Common English Bible “How terrible it will be for you legal experts and Pharisees! Hypocrites! You shut people out of the kingdom of heaven. You don’t enter yourselves, and you won’t allow those who want to enter to do so. Catholic Public Domain Version So then: Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! For you close the kingdom of heaven before men. For you yourselves do not enter, and those who are entering, you would not permit to enter. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But woe to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites; because you shut the kingdom of heaven against men, for you yourselves do not enter in; and those that are going in, you suffer not to enter. |
The sinners in Zion are afraid. Trembling has seized the godless ones. Who among us can live with the devouring fire? Who among us can live with everlasting burning?
Woe to the worthless shepherd who leaves the flock! The sword will strike his arm and his right eye. His arm will be withered-withered, and his right eye will be blinded-blinded!”
“Woe to y’all blind guides, who say, ‘Whoever swears by the temple is bound by nothing, but whoever swears by the gold of the temple is bound by the oath.’
“Woe to y’all, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For y’all give a tenth of mint, dill, and cumin. But y’all have neglected the weightier matters of the law: justice, mercy, and faith. Y’all should have done these things, without neglecting the others.
“Woe to y’all, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For y’all clean the outside of the cup and the dish, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence.
“Woe to y’all, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For y’all are like whitewashed tombs, which appear beautiful on the outside, but inwardly are full of the bones of the dead and everything unclean.
“Woe to y’all, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For y’all build the tombs of the prophets and decorate the graves of the righteous,
But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming for his baptism, he said to them, “Y’all brood of vipers! Who warned y’all to flee from the wrath to come?
Woe to y’all legal experts! For y’all have taken away the key of knowledge. Y’all have not entered in, and y’all hindered those who were going in.”
His parents said these things because they feared the Jewish leaders. For they had already agreed that anyone who confessed him to be Christ would be put out of the synagogue.
So they called the man who had been blind a second time, and said to him, “Give glory to God. We know that this man is a sinner.”
They answered him, “You were born entirely in sin, and yet you are teaching us?” Then they threw him out.
But Elymas the sorcerer (for that is his name translated) opposed them, trying to turn the proconsul away from the faith.
“We ordered y’all not to teach in this name. But look, y’all have filled Jerusalem with your* teaching, and y’all are determined to bring this man’s blood down on us.”
So they summoned the apostles and had them flogged. Then they ordered them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go.
And Saul approved of his killing. On that day, a great persecution arose against the church in Jerusalem, and all were scattered throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except for the apostles.
Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so these also oppose the truth, humans of corrupted minds unapproved for the faith.
You should watch out for him, because he vigorously opposed our words.