So are
the paths of all
that forget God;
and the hypocrite's hope
shall perish:
Whose hope
shall be cut off,
and whose trust
shall be
a spider's web.
He shall lean
upon his house,
but it
shall not stand:
he shall hold
it fast,
but it
shall not endure.
He also shall be
my salvation:
for an hypocrite
shall not come
before him.
He believeth
not
that he
shall return out of darkness,
and
he is waited for
of the sword.
He wandereth abroad
for bread,
saying,
Where is it?
he knoweth that
the day
of darkness
is ready
at his hand.
Trouble
and anguish
shall make him afraid;
they shall prevail against him,
as a king ready
to the battle.
For he stretcheth out
his hand
against God,
and strengtheneth himself
against the Almighty.
He runneth upon him,
even on his neck,
upon the thick bosses
of his bucklers:
Because
he covereth
his face
with his fatness,
and maketh collops
of fat
on his flanks.
And
he dwelleth in desolate cities,
and in houses which no
man inhabiteth,
which are ready
to become heaps.
He shall not be rich,
neither shall
his substance continue,
neither shall
he prolong
the perfection
thereof upon the earth.
He shall not depart
out of darkness;
the flame
shall dry
up his branches,
and by the breath
of his mouth
shall he go away.
Let not him
that is deceived
trust in vanity:
for vanity
shall be
his recompence.
It shall be accomplished
before his time,
and his branch
shall not be green.
He shall shake
off his unripe grape
as the vine,
and shall cast
off his flower
as the olive.
For the congregation
of hypocrites
shall be desolate,
and fire
shall consume
the tabernacles
of bribery.
Upright men
shall be astonied
at this,
and the innocent
shall stir up himself
against the hypocrite.
Knowest
thou
not this of old,
since man
was placed
upon earth,
For what
is the hope
of the hypocrite,
though he
hath gained,
when God
taketh away
his soul?
Will
God hear
his cry
when trouble
cometh upon him?
Will
he delight himself
in the Almighty?
will
he always call
upon God?
If I
covered my transgressions
as Adam,
by hiding mine iniquity
in my bosom:
Did
I fear
a great multitude,
or did
the contempt
of families
terrify me,
that I
kept silence,
and went not
out of the door?
That the hypocrite
reign not,
lest
the people
be ensnared.
But
the hypocrites
in heart
heap up wrath:
they cry not
when
he bindeth them.
They die
in youth,
and their life
is among the unclean.
For there is no faithfulness
in their mouth;
their inward part
is very wickedness;
their throat
is an open sepulchre;
they flatter
with their tongue.
But unto the wicked God saith,
What
hast
thou
to do
to declare my statutes,
or that thou
shouldest take my covenant
in thy mouth?
Thou lovest all devouring words,
O thou deceitful tongue.
For it
was not
an enemy
that reproached me;
then
I could have borne it:
neither was
it he
that
hated me
that did magnify himself
against me;
then
I would have
hid myself from him:
But it
was thou,
a man
mine equal,
my guide,
and mine acquaintance.
We took sweet counsel
together,
and walked
unto the house
of God
in company.
He hath put forth
his hands
against such as be
at peace
with him:
he hath broken
his covenant.
The words
of his mouth
were smoother
than butter,
but war
was in his heart:
his words
were softer
than oil,
yet were
they drawn
swords.
But thou,
O God,
shalt bring
them down
into the pit
of destruction:
bloody
and deceitful men
shall not live
out half their days;
but
I will trust
in thee.
When
he slew them,
then
they sought him:
and
they returned
and enquired early
after God.
And they
remembered
that God
was their rock,
and the high God
their redeemer.
Nevertheless
they did flatter him
with their mouth,
and they
lied
unto him
with their tongues.
For their heart
was not
right with him,
neither were
they
stedfast in his covenant.
He that
worketh
deceit
shall not dwell
within my house:
he that
telleth
lies
shall not tarry
in my sight.
And,
behold,
there met him
a woman
with the attire
of an harlot,
and subtil
of heart.
(She is
loud
and stubborn;
her feet
abide not
in her house:
Now is
she without,
now in the streets,
and lieth
in wait
at every corner.)
So she
caught him,
and kissed him,
and
with an impudent face
said unto him,
I have peace offerings
with me;
this day
have
I payed
my vows.
Therefore came
I forth to
meet thee,
diligently
to seek
thy face,
and
I have found thee.
I have decked
my bed
with coverings
of tapestry,
with carved works,
with fine linen
of Egypt.
I have perfumed
my bed
with myrrh,
aloes,
and cinnamon.
Come,
let us
take our fill
of love
until the morning:
let us
solace ourselves
with loves.
For the goodman
is not at home,
he is gone
a long journey:
He hath taken
a bag
of money
with him,
and will come
home at the day appointed.
With her much fair
speech
she caused him
to yield,
with the flattering
of her lips
she forced him.
An hypocrite
with his mouth
destroyeth his neighbour:
but through knowledge
shall the just be delivered.
The wisdom
of the prudent
is to understand
his way:
but the folly
of fools is deceit.
The sacrifice
of the wicked
is an abomination
to the LORD:
but the prayer
of the upright
is his delight.
It is naught,
it is naught,
saith the buyer:
but
when
he is gone
his way,
then he boasteth.
The sacrifice
of the wicked
is abomination:
how much more,
when
he bringeth it
with a wicked mind?
Eat
thou
not the bread
of him that
hath an evil eye,
neither desire
thou his dainty meats:
For as he
thinketh in his heart,
so is he:
Eat and drink,
saith he to thee;
but his heart
is not
with thee.
Confidence
in an unfaithful man
in time
of trouble
is like
a broken tooth,
and a foot
out of joint.
As a mad man
who casteth firebrands,
arrows,
and death,
Burning lips
and a wicked heart
are like
a potsherd
covered
with silver dross.
He that
hateth
dissembleth with his lips,
and layeth up deceit
within him;
When
he speaketh fair,
believe him not:
for there are
seven abominations
in his heart.
Whose hatred
is covered
by deceit,
his wickedness
shall be shewed
before the whole congregation.
Bring no more vain oblations;
incense is an abomination
unto me;
the new moons
and sabbaths,
the calling
of assemblies,
I cannot away with;
it is iniquity,
even the solemn meeting.
And
when ye spread
forth your hands,
I will hide
mine
eyes from you:
yea,
when
ye make
many prayers,
I will not hear:
your hands
are full of blood.
Therefore the LORD
shall have
no joy
in their young men,
neither shall have mercy
on their fatherless
and widows:
for every one
is an hypocrite
and an evildoer,
and every mouth
speaketh folly.
For all
this his anger
is not turned away,
but his hand
is stretched out still.
I will send him
against an hypocritical nation,
and
against the people
of my wrath
will
I give him
a charge,
to take the spoil,
and to take
the prey,
and
to tread them
down like
the mire
of the streets.
Wherefore
the Lord said,
Forasmuch
as this people
draw near me
with their mouth,
and
with their lips
do honour me,
but have removed
their heart far
from me,
and their fear
toward me is taught
by the precept
of men:
Woe unto them that seek deep
to hide their counsel
from the LORD,
and their works
are in the dark,
and they say,
Who seeth us?
and
who knoweth us?
Surely your turning
of things upside
down shall be esteemed
as the potter's clay:
for shall
the work
say of him that
made it,
He made me not?
or shall
the thing
framed
say of him that
framed it,
He had
no understanding?
The vile person
shall be
no more called liberal,
nor the churl said
to be bountiful.
For the vile person
will speak villany,
and his heart
will work iniquity,
to practise hypocrisy,
and
to utter error
against the LORD,
to make
empty the soul
of the hungry,
and he
will cause
the drink
of the thirsty
to fail.
The sinners
in Zion
are afraid;
fearfulness
hath surprised
the hypocrites.
Who
among us shall dwell
with the devouring fire?
who
among us shall dwell
with everlasting burnings?
Hear ye this,
O house of Jacob,
which are called by the name
of Israel,
and are come forth
out of the waters
of Judah,
which swear
by the name
of the LORD,
and make
mention
of the God
of Israel,
but not in truth,
nor
in righteousness.
Yet
they seek me daily,
and delight
to know
my ways,
as a nation
that did righteousness,
and forsook not
the ordinance
of their God:
they ask
of me the ordinances
of justice;
they take
delight
in approaching
to God.
Wherefore have
we fasted,
say they,
and
thou seest not?
wherefore have
we afflicted
our soul,
and
thou takest no knowledge?
Behold,
in the day
of your fast
ye find pleasure,
and exact all
your labours.
Behold,
ye fast
for strife
and debate,
and
to smite
with the fist
of wickedness:
ye shall not fast as ye
do
this day,
to make
your voice
to be heard
on high.
Is it
such a fast that
I have chosen?
a day
for a man
to afflict his soul?
is it
to bow
down his head
as a bulrush,
and to spread sackcloth
and ashes
under him?
wilt
thou call
this a fast,
and an acceptable day
to the LORD?
For I
the LORD
love judgment,
I hate robbery
for burnt offering;
and I
will direct
their work
in truth,
and I
will make
an everlasting covenant
with them.
Which say,
Stand by thyself,
come not
near to me;
for I
am holier
than thou.
These are a smoke
in my nose,
a fire that
burneth all
the day.
And
yet for all
this her treacherous sister Judah
hath not turned
unto me
with her whole heart,
but feignedly,
saith the LORD.
And
though they say,
The LORD liveth;
surely
they swear falsely.
To what
purpose
cometh there
to me
incense
from Sheba,
and the sweet cane
from a far country?
your burnt offerings
are not acceptable,
nor your sacrifices sweet
unto me.
Trust ye
not in lying words,
saying,
The temple
of the LORD,
The temple
of the LORD,
The temple
of the LORD,
are these.
Behold,
ye trust
in lying words,
that cannot profit.
Will
ye steal,
murder,
and commit
adultery,
and swear falsely,
and burn
incense
unto Baal,
and walk
after other gods whom
ye know not;
And come
and stand
before me
in this house,
which is called
by my name,
and say,
We are delivered
to do all
these abominations?
Take
ye heed every one
of his neighbour,
and trust
ye not in any brother:
for every brother
will utterly supplant,
and every neighbour
will walk with slanders.
Their tongue
is as an arrow
shot out;
it speaketh deceit:
one speaketh peaceably
to his neighbour
with his mouth,
but in heart
he layeth his wait.
Thou hast planted them,
yea,
they have taken root:
they grow,
yea,
they bring forth fruit:
thou art near
in their mouth,
and far
from their reins.
The heart
is deceitful above all things,
and desperately wicked:
who can know it?
For ye dissembled
in your hearts,
when ye
sent me
unto the LORD your God,
saying,
Pray for us unto the LORD
our God;
and according
unto all
that the LORD
our God
shall say,
so declare unto us,
and
we will do it.
She weepeth sore
in the night,
and her tears
are on her cheeks:
among all
her lovers
she hath none
to comfort her:
all her friends
have dealt treacherously
with her,
they are become
her enemies.
For every one
of the house
of Israel,
or of the stranger
that sojourneth in Israel,
which separateth himself from me,
and setteth up his idols
in his heart,
and putteth
the stumblingblock
of his iniquity
before his face,
and cometh to a prophet to
enquire of him
concerning me;
I the LORD
will answer him
by myself:
And I
will set
my face
against that man,
and will make him
a sign and a proverb,
and I
will cut
him off
from the midst
of my people;
and ye
shall know
that I
am the LORD.
As for you,
O house
of Israel,
thus saith the Lord GOD;
Go ye,
serve
ye every one
his idols,
and
hereafter also,
if ye
will not hearken unto me:
but pollute
ye my holy name no more
with your gifts,
and
with your idols.
Also,
thou son of man,
the children
of thy people
still are talking
against thee
by the walls
and in the doors
of the houses,
and speak one
to another,
every one
to his brother,
saying,
Come,
I pray you,
and hear
what is the word
that cometh forth
from the LORD.
And they come
unto thee
as the people cometh,
and they sit
before thee as my people,
and they
hear thy words,
but
they will not do them:
for with their mouth
they shew
much love,
but their heart
goeth after their covetousness.
And,
lo,
thou art
unto them as a
very lovely song
of one
that hath
a pleasant voice,
and can play well
on an instrument:
for they
hear thy words,
but
they do them not.
O Ephraim,
what shall
I do unto thee?
O Judah,
what shall
I do unto thee?
for your goodness
is as a morning cloud,
and
as the early dew
it goeth away.
And
they have not cried
unto me
with their heart,
when they
howled
upon their beds:
they assemble themselves
for corn
and wine,
and
they
rebel against me.
Israel
shall cry unto me,
My God,
we know thee.
Israel is an empty vine,
he bringeth forth fruit
unto himself:
according to the multitude
of his fruit
he hath increased
the altars;
according to the goodness
of his land
they have made
goodly images.
Ephraim compasseth me about
with lies,
and the house
of Israel
with deceit:
but Judah
yet ruleth
with God,
and is faithful
with the saints.
I hate,
I despise
your feast days,
and
I will not smell
in your solemn assemblies.
Take
thou away from me the noise
of thy songs;
for I will not hear
the melody
of thy viols.
But let
judgment
run down
as waters,
and righteousness
as a mighty stream.
All the men
of thy confederacy
have brought thee
even to the border:
the men that
were at peace
with thee
have deceived thee,
and prevailed
against thee;
that they
eat thy bread
have laid a wound
under thee:
there is none
understanding in him.
The heads
thereof judge
for reward,
and the priests
thereof teach
for hire,
and the prophets
thereof divine
for money:
yet will
they lean
upon the LORD,
and say,
Is not
the LORD
among us?
none evil
can come upon us.
Trust ye
not in a friend,
put
ye not confidence
in a guide:
keep the doors
of thy
mouth
from her
that lieth
in thy bosom.
Speak
unto all
the people
of the land,
and
to the priests,
saying,
When
ye fasted
and mourned
in the fifth
and seventh month,
even those seventy years,
did
ye at all fast unto me,
even to me?
And
when ye
did eat,
and
when
ye did drink,
did not
ye eat
for yourselves,
and drink
for yourselves?
And
one
shall say unto him,
What are these wounds
in thine hands?
Then
he shall answer,
Those with which
I was wounded in the house
of my friends.
A son
honoureth his father,
and a
servant his master:
if then
I be a father,
where is
mine honour?
and
if I
be a master,
where is my fear?
saith the LORD
of hosts
unto you,
O priests,
that despise
my name.
And ye say,
Wherein
have
we despised
thy name?
Ye offer
polluted bread
upon mine altar;
and ye say,
Wherein
have
we polluted thee?
In that
ye say,
The table
of the LORD
is contemptible.
And
if ye
offer
the blind
for sacrifice,
is it not evil?
and
if ye
offer the lame
and sick,
is it not evil?
offer it
now unto thy governor;
will
he be pleased
with thee,
or accept
thy person?
saith the LORD
of hosts.
Ye said also,
Behold,
what a weariness
is it!
and
ye have snuffed at it,
saith the LORD
of hosts;
and ye
brought
that which
was torn,
and the lame,
and the sick;
thus
ye brought
an offering:
should
I accept this
of your hand?
saith the LORD.
But cursed
be the deceiver,
which hath
in his flock a male,
and voweth,
and sacrificeth unto the LORD
a corrupt thing:
for I
am a great King,
saith the LORD
of hosts,
and my name
is dreadful
among the heathen.
And this
have
ye done again,
covering the altar
of the LORD
with tears,
with weeping,
and
with crying out,
insomuch
that he
regardeth not
the offering any more,
or receiveth it
with good will
at your hand.
Ye have said,
It is vain
to serve God:
and
what profit
is it that
we have kept
his ordinance,
and that
we have walked mournfully
before the LORD
of hosts?
But
when he
saw many
of the Pharisees
and Sadducees come
to his baptism,
he said unto them,
O generation
of vipers,
who hath warned you
to flee
from the wrath
to come?
Take heed that
ye do not
your alms
before men,
to be seen of them:
otherwise
ye have
no reward
of your Father
which is in heaven.
Therefore when
thou doest thine alms,
do not sound a trumpet
before thee,
as the hypocrites
do in the synagogues
and in the streets,
that they
may have glory of men.
Verily
I say unto you,
They
have
their reward.
And
when
thou prayest,
thou shalt not be
as the hypocrites are:
for they
love to pray
standing in the synagogues
and in the corners
of the streets,
that they
may be seen
of men.
Verily
I say unto you,
They
have
their reward.
Moreover when
ye fast,
be not,
as the hypocrites,
of a sad countenance:
for they
disfigure
their faces,
that they
may appear
unto men
to fast.
Verily
I say unto you,
They
have
their reward.
No man
can serve
two masters:
for either
he will hate
the one,
and love
the other;
or else
he will hold
to the one,
and despise
the other.
Ye cannot serve God
and mammon.
Thou hypocrite,
first cast
out the beam
out of thine own eye;
and
then shalt thou
see clearly
to cast
out the mote
out of thy brother's eye.
Beware
of false prophets,
which come to you
in sheep's clothing,
but inwardly
they are ravening wolves.
Not every one
that saith unto me,
Lord, Lord,
shall enter
into the kingdom
of heaven;
but he
that doeth
the will
of my Father
which is in heaven.
Many will say to me
in that day,
Lord, Lord,
have
we not prophesied
in thy name?
and in thy
name
have cast
out devils?
and in thy
name done many wonderful works?
And
then will
I profess unto them,
I never knew you:
depart from me,
ye that work iniquity.
But go
ye and learn
what
that meaneth,
I will have mercy,
and not sacrifice:
for I am not come
to call
the righteous,
but sinners
to repentance.
Ye hypocrites,
well did
Esaias prophesy
of you,
saying,
This people
draweth nigh
unto me
with their mouth,
and honoureth me
with their lips;
but their heart
is far
from me.
But in vain
they do worship me,
teaching
for doctrines
the commandments
of men.
And
in the morning,
It will be
foul
weather to day:
for the sky
is red
and lowering.
O ye hypocrites,
ye can discern the face
of the sky;
but can
ye not discern
the signs
of the times?
But
what think ye?
A certain man
had two sons;
and he
came
to the first,
and said,
Son,
go work to day
in my vineyard.
He answered
and said,
I will not:
but afterward
he repented,
and went.
And he
came
to the second,
and said likewise.
And he
answered
and said,
I go,
sir:
and went not.
Whether of them twain
did the will
of his father?
They say unto him,
The first.
Jesus
saith unto them,
Verily I
say unto you,
That the publicans
and the harlots
go
into the kingdom
of God
before you.
For John
came unto you
in the way
of righteousness,
and
ye believed him not:
but the publicans
and the harlots
believed him:
and ye,
when
ye had seen it,
repented
not afterward,
that ye
might believe him.
And
he saith unto him,
Friend,
how camest
thou in hither
not having
a wedding garment?
And
he was speechless.
Then said
the king
to the servants,
Bind him hand
and foot,
and take him away,
and cast him
into outer darkness,
there shall be weeping
and gnashing
of teeth.
But Jesus
perceived
their wickedness,
and said,
Why tempt ye me,
ye hypocrites?
Saying The scribes
and the Pharisees
sit
in Moses' seat:
All therefore whatsoever
they bid
you observe,
that observe
and do;
but do not
ye after their works:
for they say,
and do not.
For 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 all
their works
they do for
to be seen
of men:
they make broad
their phylacteries,
and enlarge
the borders
of their garments,
And love
the uppermost rooms
at feasts,
and the chief seats
in the synagogues,
And greetings
in the markets,
and
to be called
of men,
Rabbi, Rabbi.
But be not
ye called Rabbi:
for one
is your Master,
even Christ;
and all
ye are brethren.
And call
no man
your father
upon the earth:
for one
is your Father,
which is in heaven.
Neither be
ye called masters:
for one
is your Master,
even Christ.
But
he that is greatest
among you
shall be
your servant.
And whosoever
shall exalt himself
shall be abased;
and he
that shall humble himself
shall be exalted.
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.
Woe 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.
Woe 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.
Woe 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!
Ye fools
and blind:
for whether
is greater,
the gold,
or 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 guilty.
Ye fools
and blind:
for whether
is greater,
the gift,
or 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 by him that
dwelleth therein.
And
he that
shall swear
by heaven,
sweareth by the throne
of God,
and by him that
sitteth thereon.
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.
Ye blind guides,
which strain
at a gnat,
and swallow
a camel.
Woe 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.
Thou blind
Pharisee,
cleanse 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 like
unto whited sepulchres,
which indeed appear
beautiful outward,
but are within full of
dead men's
bones,
and
of all uncleanness.
Even so
ye also outwardly appear righteous
unto men,
but within ye
are full of hypocrisy
and iniquity.
Woe unto you,
scribes
and Pharisees,
hypocrites!
because
ye build
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 blood
of the prophets.
Wherefore
ye be
witnesses
unto yourselves,
that ye
are the children
of them which
killed the prophets.
Fill ye up
then the measure
of your fathers.
Ye serpents,
ye generation
of vipers,
how can
ye escape
the damnation
of hell?
The lord
of that servant
shall come in a day
when
he looketh
not for him,
and in an hour
that
he is not aware of,
And shall cut him asunder,
and appoint him
his portion
with the hypocrites:
there shall be weeping
and gnashing
of teeth.
They that
were foolish
took their lamps,
and took
no oil with them:
Then shall
he say also
unto them
on the left hand,
Depart from me,
ye cursed,
into everlasting fire,
prepared
for the devil
and his angels:
For I
was an hungred,
and
ye gave me no meat:
I was thirsty,
and ye
gave me
no drink:
I was a stranger,
and
ye took me not in:
naked,
and
ye clothed me not:
sick,
and in prison,
and
ye visited me not.
Then shall
they also answer him,
saying,
Lord,
when saw
we thee
an hungred,
or athirst,
or a stranger,
or naked,
or sick,
or in prison,
and did not minister
unto thee?
Then shall
he answer them,
saying,
Verily I
say unto you,
Inasmuch as
ye did it
not to one
of the least
of these,
ye did it not to me.
He answered
and
said unto them,
Well
hath
Esaias
prophesied
of you hypocrites,
as it is written,
This people
honoureth me
with their lips,
but their heart
is far
from me.
Howbeit in vain
do
they worship me,
teaching
for doctrines
the commandments
of men.
For laying
aside the commandment
of God,
ye hold
the tradition
of men,
as the washing
of pots and cups:
and many other such like things
ye do.
Salt is good:
but
if the salt
have lost
his saltness,
wherewith will
ye season it?
Have salt
in yourselves,
and have peace one
with another.
And he
said
unto them
in his doctrine,
Beware
of the scribes,
which love
to go in long clothing,
and love salutations
in the marketplaces,
And the chief seats
in the synagogues,
and the uppermost rooms
at feasts:
Which devour
widows' houses,
and
for a pretence make long prayers:
these shall receive
greater damnation.
And
why call ye me,
Lord, Lord,
and do not
the things
which I say?
Take
heed therefore how
ye hear:
for whosoever hath,
to him
shall be given;
and whosoever
hath not,
from him shall be taken even
that
which he
seemeth
to have.
And the Lord
said unto him,
Now do
ye Pharisees
make
clean the outside
of the cup
and the platter;
but your inward part
is
full of ravening
and wickedness.
But woe unto you,
Pharisees!
for ye
tithe
mint
and rue
and all manner
of herbs,
and pass
over judgment
and the love
of God:
these ought
ye to have done,
and not
to leave
the other undone.
Woe unto you,
scribes
and Pharisees,
hypocrites!
for ye
are as graves
which appear not,
and the men
that walk
over them are not aware
of them.
Woe unto you,
lawyers!
for ye
have taken away the key
of knowledge:
ye entered not
in yourselves,
and them
that were entering
in ye hindered.
In the mean time,
when there were gathered
together an innumerable multitude
of people,
insomuch
that
they trode one
upon another,
he began
to say
unto his disciples
first of all,
Beware
ye of the leaven
of the Pharisees,
which is hypocrisy.
For there is
nothing covered,
that shall not be revealed;
neither hid,
that shall not be known.
And he
said also
to the people,
When
ye see
a cloud rise
out of the west,
straightway
ye say,
There cometh a shower;
and so
it is.
And
when
ye see
the south wind blow,
ye say,
There will be heat;
and it
cometh to pass.
Ye hypocrites,
ye can discern the face
of the sky
and of the earth;
but how is it that
ye do not discern
this time?
And he
laid
his hands
on her:
and immediately
she was made straight,
and glorified God.
And
the ruler
of the synagogue
answered
with indignation,
because
that Jesus
had healed
on the sabbath day,
and said
unto the people,
There are six days
in which men
ought to work:
in them therefore come
and be healed,
and
not on the sabbath day.
The Lord
then answered him,
and said,
Thou hypocrite,
doth not each one
of you
on the sabbath loose
his ox or his ass
from the stall,
and lead him away
to watering?
And ought not
this woman,
being a daughter
of Abraham,
whom Satan
hath bound,
lo,
these eighteen years,
be loosed
from this bond
on the sabbath day?
And
when
he had said
these things,
all his adversaries
were ashamed:
and all
the people
rejoiced
for all
the glorious things
that were done by him.
Then shall
ye begin to say,
We have eaten
and drunk
in thy presence,
and
thou hast taught
in our streets.
But he
shall say,
I tell you,
I know you
not whence
ye are;
depart from me,
all
ye workers
of iniquity.
Salt is good:
but
if the salt
have lost
his savour,
wherewith shall
it be seasoned?
No servant
can serve
two masters:
for either
he will hate
the one,
and love
the other;
or else
he will hold
to the one,
and despise
the other.
Ye cannot serve God
and mammon.
And
he said unto them,
Ye are they which
justify yourselves
before men;
but God
knoweth your hearts:
for that
which is highly esteemed
among men
is abomination
in the sight
of God.
The Pharisee
stood and prayed thus
with himself,
God,
I thank thee,
that I
am not
as other men are,
extortioners,
unjust,
adulterers,
or even as this publican.
I fast twice
in the week,
I give
tithes of all
that I possess.
Beware
of the scribes,
which desire
to walk
in long robes,
and love greetings
in the markets,
and the highest seats
in the synagogues,
and the chief rooms
at feasts;
Which devour
widows' houses,
and for a
shew make long prayers:
the same
shall receive
greater damnation.
And
ye shall be betrayed both
by parents,
and brethren,
and kinsfolks,
and friends;
and some of you
shall
they cause
to be put
to death.
Jesus
answered them
and said,
Verily,
verily,
I say unto you,
Ye seek me,
not
because
ye saw
the miracles,
but
because
ye did eat
of the loaves,
and were filled.
Jesus answered them,
Have not
I chosen
you twelve,
and one of you
is a devil?
Did not
Moses
give
you the law,
and yet none of you
keepeth the law?
Why go
ye about to kill me?
Every branch
in me that
beareth not
fruit
he taketh away:
and every branch
that beareth fruit,
he purgeth it,
that it
may bring forth
more fruit.
If a man
abide not in me,
he is cast forth
as a branch,
and is withered;
and men
gather them,
and cast them
into the fire,
and
they are burned.
For the wrath
of God
is revealed
from heaven
against all ungodliness
and unrighteousness
of men,
who hold
the truth
in unrighteousness;
Therefore thou art inexcusable,
O man,
whosoever
thou art
that judgest:
for wherein
thou judgest
another,
thou condemnest thyself;
for thou
that judgest
doest the same things.
And thinkest
thou this,
O man,
that judgest them which
do such things,
and doest the same,
that thou
shalt escape
the judgment
of God?
Behold,
thou art
called a Jew,
and restest in the law,
and makest
thy boast
of God,
And knowest
his will,
and approvest
the things
that are more excellent,
being instructed
out of the law;
And art confident
that thou
thyself art a guide
of the blind,
a light
of them which
are in darkness,
An instructor
of the foolish,
a teacher
of babes,
which hast
the form
of knowledge
and of the truth
in the law.
Thou therefore which
teachest another,
teachest
thou
not thyself?
thou
that preachest a man
should not steal,
dost thou steal?
Thou
that sayest a man
should not commit
adultery,
dost thou
commit adultery?
thou
that abhorrest idols,
dost thou
commit sacrilege?
Thou
that
makest
thy boast
of the law,
through breaking
the law
dishonourest
thou God?
For the name
of God
is blasphemed
among the Gentiles
through you,
as it is written.
For circumcision
verily profiteth,
if thou
keep the law:
but
if thou
be a breaker
of the law,
thy circumcision
is made
uncircumcision.
Therefore if the uncircumcision
keep the righteousness
of the law,
shall not
his uncircumcision
be counted
for circumcision?
And shall not
uncircumcision
which is by nature,
if it fulfil
the law,
judge thee,
who by the letter
and circumcision
dost transgress
the law?
For he
is not a Jew,
which is
one outwardly;
neither is that circumcision,
which is outward
in the flesh:
But
he is a Jew,
which is
one inwardly;
and circumcision
is
that of the heart,
in the spirit,
and
not in the letter;
whose praise
is not of men,
but of God.
Not as
though the word
of God
hath taken
none effect.
For they
are not all
Israel,
which are of Israel:
For they
that are
such serve not
our Lord Jesus Christ,
but their own belly;
and by good words
and fair speeches
deceive the hearts
of the simple.
Though I
speak
with the tongues
of men
and of angels,
and have not
charity,
I am become
as sounding brass,
or a tinkling cymbal.
But have renounced
the hidden things
of dishonesty,
not walking
in craftiness,
nor handling
the word
of God deceitfully;
but by manifestation
of the truth
commending ourselves
to every man's conscience
in the sight
of God.
For we
commend not ourselves
again unto you,
but give
you occasion
to glory
on our behalf,
that ye
may have somewhat
to answer them which glory
in appearance,
and
not in heart.
For if a man
think himself
to be something,
when
he is nothing,
he deceiveth himself.
Beware of dogs,
beware
of evil workers,
beware
of the concision.
Speaking
lies
in hypocrisy;
having their conscience seared
with a hot iron;
Having a form
of godliness,
but denying
the power thereof:
from such turn away.
They profess that
they know God;
but in works
they deny him,
being abominable,
and disobedient,
and unto every good work reprobate.
A double minded man
is unstable
in all his ways.
But be
ye doers
of the word,
and
not hearers only,
deceiving
your own selves.
For if any
be a hearer
of the word,
and not
a doer,
he is like
unto a man
beholding
his natural face
in a glass:
For he
beholdeth himself,
and goeth his way,
and straightway forgetteth
what manner
of man he was.
If any man
among you
seem
to be religious,
and bridleth not
his tongue,
but deceiveth his own heart,
this man's religion
is vain.
What doth
it profit,
my brethren,
though a man
say
he hath faith,
and have not works?
can faith
save him?
If a brother
or sister
be naked,
and destitute
of daily food,
And one
of you
say unto them,
Depart in peace,
be ye
warmed
and filled;
notwithstanding
ye give them not those things which
are needful
to the body;
what doth
it profit?
Even so faith,
if it
hath not works,
is dead,
being alone.
Yea,
a man
may say,
Thou hast faith,
and I
have works:
shew me thy faith
without thy works,
and I
will shew
thee my faith
by my works.
Thou believest
that there is
one God;
thou doest well:
the devils
also believe,
and tremble.
But wilt
thou know,
O vain man,
that faith
without works
is dead?
Was not
Abraham our father
justified
by works,
when
he had offered
Isaac his son
upon the altar?
Seest
thou
how faith
wrought
with his works,
and by works
was faith
made perfect?
And the scripture
was fulfilled which
saith,
Abraham believed God,
and it
was imputed
unto him
for righteousness:
and he
was called
the Friend
of God.
Ye see then
how that
by works a man
is justified,
and
not by faith only.
Likewise
also was not
Rahab the harlot
justified
by works,
when
she had received
the messengers,
and had sent them
out another way?
For as the body
without the spirit
is dead,
so faith
without works
is dead also.
But the wisdom
that is
from above
is first pure,
then peaceable,
gentle,
and easy
to be intreated,
full of mercy
and good fruits,
without partiality,
and
without hypocrisy.
Wherefore laying
aside all malice,
and all guile,
and hypocrisies,
and envies,
all evil speakings,
As free,
and not using
your liberty
for a cloke
of maliciousness,
but as the servants
of God.
But there were
false prophets
also among the people,
even as
there shall be
false teachers
among you,
who privily shall bring in
damnable heresies,
even denying
the Lord
that bought them,
and bring
upon themselves
swift destruction.
And many
shall follow
their pernicious ways;
by reason of
whom the way
of truth
shall be evil spoken of.
And
through covetousness
shall
they
with feigned words make merchandise
of you:
whose judgment
now of
a long time lingereth not,
and their damnation
slumbereth not.
These are wells
without water,
clouds
that are carried
with a tempest;
to whom
the mist
of darkness
is reserved
for ever.
While they
promise them
liberty,
they themselves
are the servants
of corruption:
for of
whom a man
is overcome,
of the same
is
he brought in bondage.
If we
say that
we have fellowship
with him,
and walk
in darkness,
we lie,
and do not
the truth:
He that saith,
I know him,
and keepeth not
his commandments,
is a liar,
and the truth
is not in him.
He that
saith
he is in the light,
and hateth his brother,
is in darkness
even until now.
They went out from us,
but
they
were not of us;
for if
they
had been of us,
they
would
no doubt
have continued with us:
but
they went out,
that they
might be made
manifest
that they
were not all of us.
If a man say,
I love God,
and hateth his brother,
he is a liar:
for he
that loveth not
his brother whom
he hath seen,
how can
he love God whom
he hath not seen?
These are
spots
in your feasts
of charity,
when they
feast
with you,
feeding themselves
without fear:
clouds
they are without water,
carried about
of winds;
trees whose fruit withereth,
without fruit,
twice dead,
plucked up
by the roots;
I know thy works,
and tribulation,
and poverty,
(but thou art rich)
and I
know
the blasphemy
of them which
say
they are Jews,
and are not,
but are the synagogue
of Satan.
And
unto the angel
of the church
in Sardis write;
These things
saith he that
hath the seven Spirits
of God,
and the seven stars;
I know thy works,
that thou
hast a name
that thou livest,
and art dead.
Behold,
I will make them
of the synagogue
of Satan,
which say
they are Jews,
and are not,
but do lie;
behold,
I will make them
to come
and worship
before thy feet,
and to know
that
I have loved thee.