¶¹Then spake Jesus to the multitude, and to his disciples,

²Saying, The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat:

All therefore whatsoever³ they bid you observe, that observe and do; but do not ye after their works: for⁴ they say, and do not.

⁵For 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.

But all⁶ their works they do for to be seen of men: they make⁷ broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders⁸ of their garments,

⁹And love the uppermost rooms at feasts, and the chief seats in the synagogues,

And greetings in the markets, and to be called of men, Rabbi¹⁰, Rabbi.

But be¹¹ not ye called Rabbi: for one¹² is your Master, even Christ; and all¹³ ye are brethren.

And call¹⁴ no man your father upon the earth: for¹⁵ one is your Father, which is in heaven.

¶ Neither be ye called masters: for one is your Master, even Christ.

¹⁶But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant.

¹⁷And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased; and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted.

¶ But woe¹⁸ unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut¹⁹ up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in.

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye²⁰ devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long²¹ prayer: therefore²² ye shall receive the greater damnation.

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for²³ ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte²⁴, and when he is made, ye make²⁵ him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves.

Woe unto you, ye blind²⁶ guides, which say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple²⁷, it is²⁸ nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is²⁹ a debtor!

Ye fools³⁰ and blind: for whether is greater, the gold, or³¹ the temple that sanctifieth the gold?

And, Whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whosoever sweareth by the gift that is upon it, he is guilty³².

Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gift, or³⁴ the altar that sanctifieth the gift?

¶ Whoso therefore shall swear by the altar, sweareth by it, and by all things thereon.

And whoso shall swear by the temple, sweareth by it, and by³⁵ him that dwelleth therein.

And he that shall swear by heaven, sweareth by the³⁶ throne of God, and by him that sitteth thereon.

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for³⁷ ye pay tithe of mint and anise³⁸ and cummin, and have omitted the weightier³⁹ matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these⁴⁰ ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.

⁴¹Ye blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel.

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for⁴² ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full⁴³ of extortion and excess.

Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse⁴⁴ first that which is within the cup and platter, that the outside of them may be clean also.

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like⁴⁵ unto whited sepulchres⁴⁶, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness.

Even so ye also⁴⁷ outwardly appear righteous unto men, but⁴⁸ within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build⁴⁹ the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous,

¶ And say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood⁵⁰ of the prophets.

Wherefore ye be witnesses⁵¹ unto yourselves, that⁵² ye are the children of them which killed the prophets.

Fill ye up then the measure⁵³ of your fathers.

Ye serpents⁵⁴, ye generation of vipers, how⁵⁵ can ye escape the damnation of hell?

¶ Wherefore, behold, I send⁵⁶ unto you prophets⁵⁷, and wise⁵⁸ men, and scribes⁵⁹: and some of them ye⁶⁰ shall kill and crucify; and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from city to city:

That upon⁶¹ you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous⁶² Abel unto⁶³ the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar.

⁶⁴Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation.

O Jerusalem⁶⁵, Jerusalem, thou⁶⁶ that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how⁶⁷ often would I have gathered thy children together, even⁶⁸ as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye⁶⁹ would not!

⁷⁰Behold, your house is left unto you desolate.

For I say unto you, Ye shall not⁷¹ see me henceforth, till ye shall say, Blessed⁷² is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.