[영어 성경] Matthew chapter 23

CHAPTER 23

Mt. 23:1 Then Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples:

Mt. 23:2 “The teachers of the law and the Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat.

Mt. 23:3 So you must obey them and do everything they tell you. But

do not do what they do, for they do not practise what they

preach.

Mt. 23:4 They tie up heavy loads and put them on men’s shoulders,

but they themselves are not willing to lift a finger to move

them.

Mt. 23:5 “Everything they do is done for men to see: They make their

phylacteries [That is, boxes containing Scripture verses, worn

on forehead and arm] wide and the tassels on their garments

long;

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Mt. 23:6 they love the place of honour at banquets and the most

important seats in the synagogues;

Mt. 23:7 they love to be greeted in the market-places and to have men

call them `Rabbi’.

Mt. 23:8 “But you are not to be called `Rabbi’, for you have only one

Master and you are all brothers.

Mt. 23:9 And do not call anyone on earth `father’, for you have one

Father, and he is in heaven.

Mt. 23:10 Nor are you to be called `teacher’, for you have one Teacher,

the Christ. [Or Messiah]

Mt. 23:11 The greatest among you will be your servant.

Mt. 23:12 For whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever

humbles himself will be exalted.

Mt. 23:13 “Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you

hypocrites! You shut the kingdom of heaven in men’s faces.

You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let those enter who

are trying to.

Matt 23:14 [Some manuscripts: to. 14 Woe to you, teachers of the law

and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You devour widows’ houses

and for a show make lengthy prayers. Therefore you will be

punished more severely.]

Mt. 23:15 “Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you

hypocrites! You travel over land and sea to win a single

convert, and when he becomes one, you make him twice as

much a son of hell as you are.

Mt. 23:16 “Woe to you, blind guides! You say, `If anyone swears by the

temple, it means nothing; but if anyone swears by the gold of

the temple, he is bound by his oath.’

Mt. 23:17 You blind fools! Which is greater: the gold, or the temple

that makes the gold sacred?

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Mt. 23:18 You also say, `If anyone swears by the altar, it means

nothing; but if anyone swears by the gift on it, he is bound by

his oath.’

Mt. 23:19 You blind men! Which is greater: the gift, or the altar that

makes the gift sacred?

Mt. 23:20 Therefore, he who swears by the altar swears by it and by

everything on it.

Mt. 23:21 And he who swears by the temple swears by it and by the one

who dwells in it.

Mt. 23:22 And he who swears by heaven swears by God’s throne and

by the one who sits on it.

Mt. 23:23 “Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you

hypocrites! You give a tenth of your spices — mint, dill and

cummin. But you have neglected the more important matters

of the law — justice, mercy and faithfulness. You should

have practised the latter, without neglecting the former.

Mt. 23:24 You blind guides! You strain out a gnat but swallow a camel.

Mt. 23:25 “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.

Mt. 23:26 Blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and dish, and

then the outside also will be clean.

Mt. 23:27 “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

men’s bones and everything unclean.

Mt. 23:28 In the same way, on the outside you appear to people as

righteous but on the inside you are full of hypocrisy and

wickedness.

Mt. 23:29 “Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you

hypocrites! You build tombs for the prophets and decorate

the graves of the righteous.

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Mt. 23:30 And you say, `If we had lived in the days of our forefathers,

we would not have taken part with them in shedding the

blood of the prophets.’

Mt. 23:31 So you testify against yourselves that you are the descendants

of those who murdered the prophets.

Mt. 23:32 Fill up, then, the measure of the sin of your forefathers!

Mt. 23:33 “You snakes! You brood of vipers! How will you escape

being condemned to hell?

Mt. 23:34 Therefore I am sending you prophets and wise men and

teachers. Some of them you will kill and crucify; others you

will flog in your synagogues and pursue from town to town.

Mt. 23:35 And so upon you will come all the righteous blood that has

been shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the

blood of Zechariah son of Barakiah, whom you murdered

between the temple and the altar.

Mt. 23:36 I tell you the truth, all this will come upon this generation.

Mt. 23:37 “O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone

those sent to you, how often I have longed to gather your

children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her

wings, but you were not willing.

Mt. 23:38 Look, your house is left to you desolate.

Mt. 23:39 For I tell you, you will not see me again until you say,

`Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.’“ [Psalm

118:26]