Matthew 23
23
1Then Yeshua [God is Salvation] spoke to the people and to his disciples
2saying: “Upon the seat of Moshe [drawn out] the Torah-teachers (Scribes) and P’rushim (Pharisees) [separatists] sit”.
3“Now all which he says to you keep and do; but according to their ordinances and deeds do not do, because they say and do not”.
4“They demand and set forth great burdens which the shoulders of men are not able to bear; but they themselves, even with their finger, are unwilling to move”.
5“All their actions they do for the sake of appearances; they wear expensive garments and large tassels”,
6“They love to recline first in the banquet halls, to be seated first at the synagogues”,
7“to prostrate themselves in the streets, and to be called Rabbi”.
8“But as for you, do not desire to be called Teacher because One is your Teacher, and all of you are brothers”.
9“Call no man upon the earth ‘father’ because One is your Father Who is in heaven”.
10“Do not be called Rabbi, because one is your Rabbi, Ha-Moshiach [Messiah] [The Messiah]”.
11“The greatest among you will serve you”.
12“He who exalts himself will be humbled; he who humbles himself will be exalted”.
13“Woe to you P’rushim (Pharisees) [separatists] and Torah-teachers (Scribes), hypocrites because you close up the Kingdom of heaven before men; you yourselves do not enter and those who wish to enter you do not permit to enter”.
14“Woe to you P’rushim (Pharisees) [separatists] and Torah-teachers (Scribes), hypocrites, because you devour and divide the wealth of certain widows with lengthy exposition; for this you will suffer (allow, to let, permit) a long punishment”.
15“You encompass sea and land to bind the heart of one man to your faith and when he is bound he is doubly worse than before”.
16“Woe to you council of the blind, who say that he who swears by the temple is not obligated, but he who vows by anything which is consecrated to the structure of the temple is not obligated to pay”,
17“-mad and blind men, which is greater, the temple or that which is consecrated to the temple?-”
18“and whoever swears by the altar is not obligated but he who swears that he will make an offering is obligated to give it”.
19“Woe blind men, which is more, the gift or the altar, the temple or the gift?”
20“He who swears by the altar swears by it and by everything which is in it”.
21“He who swears by the temple swears by the temple and He Who dwells within it”.
22“He who swears by the throne of Elohim (The Many Powered) [The Living Word of God] swears by it and by The One Who sits upon it”.
23“Woe to them, Torah-teachers (Scribes) and P’rushim (Pharisee [separatist]s) [separatists], who tithe mint, dill and pomegranate, but who commit robbery and leave undone that which is weightier, that is, the judgments of the Torah which are: kindness, tand faithfulness. These are commands worthy of doing; one should not forget them”.
24“Offspring of blind leaders, who are strict in the matter of the gnat and swallow the camel”.
25“Woe to you P’rushim (Pharisees) [separatists] and Torah-teachers (Scribes), because you cleanse cups and platters on the outside but inside them is full of wickedness and uncleanness”.
26“Hypocrites, cleanse first that which is inside in order that that which is outside might be pure”.
27“Woe to you Torah-teachers (Scribes) and P’rushim (Pharisee [separatist]s) [separatists], hypocrites, who are like whitened sepulchers which appear on the outside to be beautiful to men, but on the inside are full of the bones of the dead and the filthy”.
28“Thus you appear on the outside to be righteous to men, but within you are full of hypocrisy and wickedness”.
29“Woe to you hypocrites, P’rushim (Pharisees) [separatists] and Torah-teachers (Scribes), because you build the tombs of the prophets and glorify the monuments of the righteous”.
30“You say: ‘If we had been in the days of our fathers we would not have permitted putting the prophets to death’.
31“In this you bear witness against yourselves that you are sons of those who killed the prophets”.
32“You behave according to the deeds of your fathers”.
33“Serpents, seed of vipers, how will you escape the judgment of Gei-Hinnom [hell, valley of evil counsel] if you do not turn in repentance”.
34At that time Yeshua [God is Salvation] said to the crowds of the Jews: “Therefore, behold I am sending you prophets, wise men and Torah-teachers (Scribes). Some of them you will kill, some of them you will afflict in your synagogues and you will pursue them from city to city”.
35“In order to place upon you the blood of every righteous one which has been poured out upon the earth, from the blood of Abel the righteous unto the blood of Z’kharyah Ben-Berekhyah [Yah remembers, son of Yah blesses] whom you killed between the temple and the altar”.
36“Truly I say to you that all these things will come upon this generation”,
37“and upon Yerushalayim [abode of peace] who kills the prophets and removes those who are sent. How many times I wished to gather your children as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings and you would not”.
38“Therefore you will leave your houses desolate”.
39“Truly, I say to you, you will not see me from now on, until you will say: ‘Blessed (Favored by God; happy; prosperous) is he who comes in the Name of Yehovah [Messiah Pre-Incarnate]’”.
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Matthew 23
23
The Great Denunciation
1Then spake Jesus to the multitude, and to his disciples, 2saying, The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat: 3all therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe and do; but do not ye after their works: for they say, and do not. 4For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men's shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers. 5But all their works they do for to be seen of men: they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments, 6and love the uppermost rooms at feasts, and the chief seats in the synagogues, 7and greetings in the markets, and to be called of men, Rabbi, Rabbi. 8But be not ye called Rabbi: for one is your Master, even Christ; and all ye are brethren. 9And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven. 10Neither be ye called masters: for one is your Master, even Christ. 11But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant. 12And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased; and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted.
13 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. 14Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation. 15Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves. 16Woe unto you, ye blind guides, which say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor! 17Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifieth the gold? 18And, Whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whosoever sweareth by the gift that is upon it, he is guilty. 19Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth the gift? 20Whoso therefore shall swear by the altar, sweareth by it, and by all things thereon. 21And whoso shall swear by the temple, sweareth by it, and by him that dwelleth therein. 22And he that shall swear by heaven, sweareth by the throne of God, and by him that sitteth thereon.
23 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone. 24Ye blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel. 25Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess. 26Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first that which is within the cup and platter, that the outside of them may be clean also. 27Woe 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. 28Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity. 29Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous, 30and say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets. 31Wherefore ye be witnesses unto yourselves, that ye are the children of them which killed the prophets. 32Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers. 33Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell?
34 Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: and some of them ye shall kill and crucify; and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from city to city: 35that upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar. 36Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation.
37 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not! 38Behold, your house is left unto you desolate. 39For I say unto you, Ye shall not see me henceforth, till ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.
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