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Matthew 23:27
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Matthew 23:27
Contemporary English Version
27 (A) You Pharisees and teachers are in for trouble! You're nothing but show-offs. You're like tombs that have been whitewashed.[a] On the outside they are beautiful, but inside they are full of bones and filth.
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- 23.27 whitewashed: Tombs were whitewashed to keep anyone from accidentally touching them. A person who touched a dead body or a tomb was considered unclean and could not worship with the rest of the Jewish people.
Matthew 23:27
New International Version
Matthew 23:27
New International Version
27 “Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs,(A) which look beautiful on the outside but on the inside are full of the bones of the dead and everything unclean.
Matthew 23:28
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Matthew 23:28
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28 That's what you are like. Outside you look good, but inside you are evil and only pretend to be good.
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Matthew 23:28
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Matthew 23:28
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28 In the same way, on the outside you appear to people as righteous but on the inside you are full of hypocrisy and wickedness.
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