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Matthew 23:29

American Standard Version

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

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Matthew 23:29 in other translations

“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you build the tombs of the prophets, and decorate the tombs of the righteous,

Matthew 23:29 · World English Bible

Matthew 23:29 in context

  1. 27Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which outwardly appear beautiful, but inwardly are full of dead men’s bones, and of all uncleanness.
  2. 28Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but inwardly ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.
  3. 29Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, and garnish the tombs of the righteous,
  4. 30and say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we should not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.
  5. 31Wherefore ye witness to yourselves, that ye are sons of them that slew the prophets.