Devine Scripture

Matthew 23:27

Matthew chapter 23 · verse 27 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which outwardly appear beautiful, but inwardly are full of dead men’s bones, and of all uncleanness.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men’s bones, and of all uncleanness.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which outwardly appear beautiful, but inwardly are full of dead men’s bones, and of all uncleanness.

Context

v.26Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first the inside of the cup and of the platter, that the outside thereof may become clean also.

v.27This passage

v.28Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but inwardly ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Isaiah 58:1

    Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and declare unto my people their transgression, and to the house of Jacob their sins.

  • Luke 11:44

    Woe unto you! for ye are as the tombs which appear not, and the men that walk over them know it not.

  • Acts 23:3

    Then said Paul unto him, God shall smite thee, thou whited wall: and sittest thou to judge me according to the law, and commandest me to be smitten contrary to the law?

  • Numbers 19:16

    And whosoever in the open field toucheth one that is slain with a sword, or a dead body, or a bone of a man, or a grave, shall be unclean seven days.