Worsley(i)
16 Wo unto you, ye blind guides, who say, If any one swear by the temple, it is nothing;
17 but if any man swear by the gold of the temple, the oath is binding. Foolish and blind creatures! for which is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifieth the gold?
18 And, If any one swear by the altar, it is nothing; but if any one swear by the gift upon it, he is bound.
19 O foolish and blind! for which is greater, the gift, or the altar which sanctifieth the gift?
20 He then, that sweareth by the altar, sweareth by it and by all things upon it:
21 and he, that sweareth by the temple, sweareth by it, and by Him that dwelleth in it:
22 and he, that sweareth by heaven, sweareth by the throne of God, and by Him that sitteth upon it.
23 Wo unto you scribes and pharisees, hypocrites, who tithe even your mint, and anise, and cummin, but neglect the weightier matters of the law, judgement, mercy, and fidelity: these ye ought undoubtedly to practise, and not to omit the others.
24 Blind guides, who strain out a gnat, and swallow a camel!
25 Wo unto you scribes and pharisees, hypocrites; for ye clean the outside of the cup and of the dish, but within they are full of rapine and intemperance:
26 thou blind pharisee, cleanse first the inside of the cup and of the dish, that the outside of them may be also clean.
27 Wo unto you scribes and pharisees, hypocrites; who are like whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful without, but within are full of the bones of the dead, and all manner of filthiness;
28 so do ye likewise outwardly appear to men to be righteous, but within are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.
29 Wo unto you scribes and pharisees, hypocrites; who build the tombs of the prophets, and adorn the monuments of the just,
30 and say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been concerned with them in shedding the blood of the prophets:
31 so that ye are witnesses yourselves, that ye are the children of those who killed the prophets:
32 fill up then the measure of your fathers, ye serpents, ye brood of vipers:
33 how can ye escape the damnation of hell?
34 For behold I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes; and some of them ye will kill and crucify, and some of them ye will scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from city to city:
35 that upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel, to the blood of Zacharias the son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar.
36 Verily I tell you, all these things shall come upon this generation.