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Matthew 23:23

World English Bible

“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint, dill, and cumin, and have left undone the weightier matters of the law: justice, mercy, and faith. But you ought to have done these, and not to have left the other undone.

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Matthew 23:23 in other translations

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye tithe mint and anise and cummin, and have left undone the weightier matters of the law, justice, and mercy, and faith: but these ye ought to have done, and not to have left the other undone.

Matthew 23:23 · American Standard Version

Matthew 23:23 in context

  1. 21He who swears by the temple, swears by it, and by him who has been living in it.
  2. 22He who swears by heaven, swears by the throne of God, and by him who sits on it.
  3. 23“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint, dill, and cumin, and have left undone the weightier matters of the law: justice, mercy, and faith. But you ought to have done these, and not to have left the other undone.
  4. 24You blind guides, who strain out a gnat, and swallow a camel!
  5. 25“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and unrighteousness.