Matthew 23:13
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the kingdom of heaven in men’s faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let in those who wish to enter.
Note BYZ and TR include 14 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You defraud widows of their houses, and for a show make lengthy prayers. Therefore you will receive greater condemnation. See Mark 12:40 and Luke 20:47.
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 to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you devour widows’ houses, and as a pretense you make long prayers. Therefore you will receive greater condemnation.
But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye shut the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye enter not in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering in to enter.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- woe
- Matthew 23:14, 15, 27, 29; Isaiah 9:14, 15; Isaiah 33:14; Zechariah 11:17; Luke 11:43, 44
- for ye shut
- Matthew 21:31, 32; Luke 11:52; John 7:46–52; John 9:22, 24, 34; Acts 4:17, 18; Acts 5:28, 40; Acts 8:1; Acts 13:8; 1 Thessalonians 2:15, 16; 2 Timothy 3:8; 2 Timothy 4:15