See Also: Sinful Nature

Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence. (Matthew 23:25) First clean the inside of the cup and dish, and then the outside also will be clean. (Matthew 23:26) Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside but on the inside are full of dead man's bones and everything unclean. (Matthew 23:27) On the outside you appear to people as righteous but on the inside you are full of hypocrisy and wickedness. (Matthew 23:28) These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. They worship me in vain; their teachings are but rules taught by men.  (Mark 7:6-7) You have let go of the commands of God and are holding on to the traditions of men. (Mark 7:8) The teachers of the law and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat. So you must obey them and do everything they tell you. But do not do what they do, for they do not practice what they preach. (Matthew 23:2-3) Woe to you Pharisees, because you give God a tenth of your mint, rue and all other kinds of garden herbs, but you neglect justice and the love of God. You should have practiced the latter without leaving the former undone. (Luke 11:42) And you experts in the law, woe to you, because you load people down with burdens they can hardly carry, and you yourselves will not lift one finger to help them. (Luke 11:46) Woe to you experts in the law, because you have taken away the key to knowledge. You yourselves have not entered, and you have hindered those who were entering. (Luke 11:52) Beware of the teachers of the law. They like to walk around in flowing robes and love to be greeted in the marketplaces and have the most important seats in the synagogues and the places of honor at banquets. They devour widows' houses and for a show make lengthy prayers. Such men will be punished most severely. (Luke 20:46-47) **Copyright, 2002, Brian Campbell (Permission is granted to copy for personal use only.)