Matthew 23:25

23:25 “Woe to you, experts in the law ¹  and you Pharisees, hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and the dish, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence.

Matthew 23:27

23:27 “Woe to you, experts in the law ²  and you Pharisees, hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs that look beautiful on the outside but inside are full of the bones of the dead and of everything unclean. ³ 

Matthew 23:29

23:29 “Woe to you, experts in the law ⁴  and you Pharisees, hypocrites! You ⁵  build tombs for the prophets and decorate the graves ⁶  of the righteous.

[23:25]  ¹ tn Or “scribes.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in 2:4.

[23:27]  ² tn Or “scribes.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in 2:4.

[23:27]  ³ sn This was an idiom for hypocrisy – just as the wall was painted on the outside but something different on the inside, so this person was not what he appeared or pretended to be (for discussion of a similar metaphor, see L&N 88.234; BDAG 1010 s.v. τοῖχος). See Deut 28:22; Ezek 13:10-16; Acts 23:3.

[23:29]  ⁴ tn Or “scribes.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in 2:4.

[23:29]  ⁵ tn Grk “Because you.” Here ὅτι (Joti) has not been translated.

[23:29]  ⁶ tn Or perhaps “the monuments” (see L&N 7.75-76).