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[mybeautifulchristianjourney]

Woes to Scribes and Pharisees (Luke 11:37–54)

1 Then Jesus said to the people and to his disciples: 2 The scribes and the Pharisees have the authority of Moses; 3 All things, then, which they give you orders to do, these do and keep: but do not take their works as your example, for they say and do not. 4 They make hard laws and put great weights on men's backs; but they themselves will not put a finger to them 5 But all their works they do so as to be seen by men: for they make wide their phylacteries, and the edges of their robes, 6 And the things desired by them are the first places at feasts, and the chief seats in the Synagogues, 7 And words of respect in the market-places, and to be named by men, Teacher. 8 But you may not be named Teacher: for one is your teacher, and you are all brothers. 9 And give no man the name of father on earth: because one is your Father, who is in heaven. 10 And you may not be named guides: because one is your Guide, even Christ. 11 But let the greatest among you be your servant. 12 And whoever makes himself high will be made low, and whoever makes himself low will be made high. 13 But a curse is on you, scribes and Pharisees, false ones! because you are shutting the kingdom of heaven against men: for you do not go in yourselves, and those who are going in, you keep back.

14-15 A curse is on you, scribes and Pharisees, false ones! for you go about land and sea to get one disciple and, having him, you make him twice as much a son of hell as yourselves. 16 A curse is on you, blind guides, who say, Whoever takes an oath by the Temple, it is nothing; but whoever takes an oath by the gold of the Temple, he is responsible. 17 You foolish ones and blind: which is greater, the gold, or the Temple which makes the gold holy? 18 And, Whoever takes an oath by the altar, it is nothing; but whoever takes an oath by the offering which is on it, he is responsible. 19 You blind ones: which is greater, the offering, or the altar which makes the offering holy 20 He, then, who takes an oath by the altar, takes it by the altar and by all things on it. 21 And he who takes an oath by the Temple, takes it by the Temple and by him whose house it is 22 And he who takes an oath by heaven, takes it by the seat of God, and by him who is seated on it. 23 A curse is on you, scribes and Pharisees, false ones! for you make men give a tenth of all sorts of sweet-smelling plants, but you give no thought to the more important things of the law, righteousness, and mercy, and faith; but it is right for you to do these, and not to let the others be undone. 24 You blind guides, who take out a fly from your drink, but make no trouble over a camel. 25 A curse is on you, scribes and Pharisees, false ones! for you make clean the outside of the cup and of the plate, but inside they are full of violent behaviour and uncontrolled desire. 26 You blind Pharisee, first make clean the inside of the cup and of the plate, so that the outside may become equally clean. 27 A curse is on you, scribes and Pharisees, false ones! for you are like the resting-places of the dead, which are made white, and seem beautiful on the outside, but inside are full of dead men's bones and of all unclean things. 28 Even so you seem to men to be full of righteousness, but inside you are all false and full of wrongdoing. 29 A curse is on you, scribes and Pharisees, false ones! because you put up buildings for housing the dead bodies of the prophets, and make fair the last resting-places of good men, and say, 30 If we had been living in the days of our fathers, we would not have taken part with them in the blood of the prophets. 31 So that you are witnesses against yourselves that you are the sons of those who put the prophets to death. 32 Make full, then, the measure of your fathers. 33 You snakes, offspring of snakes, how will you be kept from the punishment of hell? 34 For this reason, I send you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: some of them you will put to death and put on the cross, and to some of them you will give blows in your Synagogues, driving them from town to town; 35 So that on you may come all the blood of the upright on the earth, from the blood of upright Abel to the blood of Zachariah, son of Barachiah, whom you put to death between the Temple and the altar. 36 Truly I say to you, All these things will come on this generation

Lament over Jerusalem (Luke 13:31–35)

37 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, putting to death the prophets, and stoning those who are sent to her! Again and again would I have taken your children to myself as a bird takes her young ones under her wings, and you would not! 38 See, your house is made waste 39 For I say to you, You will not see me from this time till you say, A blessing on him who comes in the name of the Lord. — Matthew 23 | Bible in Basic English (BBE) The Bible in Basic English is in the public domain Cross References: Genesis 4:8; Exodus 13:9; Exodus 29:37; Exodus 30:29; Deuteronomy 33:3; Ruth 2:12; 1 Kings 8:13; 1 Kings 9:7; 2 Chronicles 24:21; Job 22:29; Psalm 118:26; Proverbs 26:23; Proverbs 26:26; Isaiah 9:16; Isaiah 20:6; Isaiah 28:25; Isaiah 46:1; Isaiah 66:1; Jeremiah 7:26; Lamentations 4:13; Matthew 3:7; Matthew 5:22; Matthew 6:9; Matthew 10:23; Matthew 11:16; Matthew 14:18; Matthew 15:14; Matthew 20:26; Matthew 26:25; Mark 7:4; Mark 12:38-39; Luke 11:47; Luke 20:47; Romans 2:21; 1 Corinthians 10:18

[okieinmo]

Even washing dishes has a spiritual application...

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Church notes - March 2025

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[re4med]

Devotional: Day Twenty-Three (Gen. 23, Matt. 23, Psa. 23)

Devotional for January 31, 2025 Reading: Genesis 23 | Matthew 23 | Psalm 23 Genesis 23 Genesis 23 marks the end of the Abrahamic narrative with the death of Sarah, his wife. Sarah’s death allows Abraham to purchase land in Hebron, thus setting up a marker – a landmark of possession that his people will inherit the land of Canaan just as God had promised to him. Hebron will later become the…

[magdelena2021]

Genesis 23 - Abraham Buries Sarah

Matthew 23 - Jesus warns the people about the hypocrisy of the Pharisees.

[davidjjackson]

The 7 types of hypocritical Pharisees

These descriptions highlight behaviors of insincere or self-serving religiosity. The Talmud (Sotah 22b) lists these types, which may overlap with the criticism Jesus gave in the Gospels, particularly in Matthew 23. Here's a summary:

The Shoulder Pharisee: Performs good deeds or follows religious rules to show off, metaphorically carrying their righteousness "on their shoulders" for everyone to see.

The Wait-a-Little Pharisee: Always has excuses to delay fulfilling their obligations or following through with commitments.

The Bruised or Bleeding Pharisee: Ostentatiously avoids looking at women to the point of injuring themselves (e.g., by walking into walls or obstacles) to appear overly pious.

The Humpbacked Pharisee: Feigns humility by walking with a stooped posture or putting on airs of false modesty.

The Reckoning Pharisee: Constantly calculates their religious merits against their sins, viewing piety as a transactional relationship with God.

The Fearful Pharisee: Motivated solely by fear of divine punishment, not by a genuine love of God or commitment to righteousness.

The God-Loving Pharisee: The only sincere type, who truly loves God and follows His commandments out of genuine devotion.

This critique of hypocrisy emphasizes the importance of authenticity in faith and the danger of using religion as a facade for selfish or shallow motivations. Would you like a deeper exploration of their relevance to the Gospels or other religious texts?

[disgruntledexplainer]

[s-o-a-p-ing]

MATTHEW S.O.A.P. ~ CHAPTER 23

Monday, 3/18/24

SCRIPTURE:

"In the same way, on the outside you seem righteous to people, but inside you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness." ~ Matthew 23:28

OBSERVATION:

I feel this way sometimes - too many times - like I'm living behind a false front...

I mean, I know myself too well and tend to not face this hypocrisy - except in the mirror...

...realizing I want to live righteously while at the same time muttering under my breath and behaving in far from righteous actions...

But then, I remember the righteousness given through grace brings me back to confession... 

...and to telling the enemy who consistently tries to convince me that I'm not worthy, that I'm a fraud, to "get thee behind me..."

APPLICATION:

Live in His righteousness...

PRAYER:

Righteous Heavenly Father... Forgive my hypocrisy and lawlessness... remind me that my trying will always fall short, and that only relying on Your Holy Spirit's power and Jesus's sacrifice on my behalf can and has made me worthy of coming before You to worship and praise... In Jesus's Name, and for Your glory...

Yours - in His righteousness...

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I never knew you: depart from me.

[mybeautifulchristianjourney]

Woe to you, Scribes and Pharisees!

1 Then Jesus spoke to the crowds and to His disciples,

2 Saying, The scribes and the Pharisees have seated themselves in Moses’ seat;

3 Therefore all that they tell you, do and keep; but do not do according to their works, for they say things and do not do them.

4 And they bind burdens, heavy and hard to bear, and lay them on men’s shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with their finger.

5 And all their works they do to be seen by men, for they broaden their phylacteries and enlarge the fringes of their garments,

6 And they love the place of honor at the dinners and the chief seats in the synagogues

7 And the greetings in the marketplaces and to be called by men, Rabbi.

8 But you, do not be called Rabbi, for One is your Teacher, and you are all brothers.

9 And do not call anyone on earth your father, for One is your Father, He who is in the heavens.

10 Neither be called instructors, because One is your Instructor, the Christ.

11 And the greatest among you shall be your servant.

12 And he who will exalt himself shall be humbled, and he who will humble himself shall be exalted.

13 But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you close off the kingdom of the heavens in the face of men; for you do not enter in yourselves, nor do you allow those who are entering to enter.

14 But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you devour the widows’ houses, even while for a pretense you make long prayers. For this reason you shall receive greater judgment.

15 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you go about the sea and the dry land to make one proselyte; and when he becomes one, you make him twice as much a son of Gehenna as yourselves.

16 Woe to you, blind guides, who say, Whoever swears by the temple, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gold of the temple, he is bound.

17 Fools and blind men, which is greater, the gold or the temple which sanctifies the gold?

18 And, Whoever swears by the altar, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gift which is upon it, he is bound.

19 Blind men, which is greater, the gift or the altar which sanctifies the gift?

20 Therefore he who swears by the altar swears by it and by all the things upon it;

21 And he who swears by the temple swears by it and by Him who dwells in it;

22 And he who swears by heaven swears by the throne of God and by Him who sits upon it.

23 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you give a tenth of the mint and the anise and the cummin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law — justice and mercy and faithfulness. But these you should have done and not neglected the others.

24 Blind guides, who strain out the gnat but swallow the camel!

25 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you cleanse the outside of the cup and the dish, but inwardly they are full of extortion and self-indulgence.

26 Blind Pharisee, cleanse first the inside of the cup and the dish so that their outside also may become clean.

27 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you resemble whitewashed graves, which outwardly appear beautiful but inwardly are full of dead men’s bones and all uncleanness.

28 So you also outwardly appear righteous to men, but inwardly you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.

29 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you build up the graves of the prophets and adorn the tombs of the righteous,

30 And say, If we had been there in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.

31 So then you testify against yourselves that you are the sons of those who murdered the prophets.

32 And you, fill up the measure of your fathers!

33 Serpents! Brood of vipers! How shall you escape the judgment of Gehenna?

34 Therefore, behold, I send to you prophets and wise men and scribes. Some of them you will kill and crucify, and some of them you will scourge in your synagogues and persecute from city to city,

35 So that upon you may come all the righteous blood shed on the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zachariah, son of Barachiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar.

36 Truly I say to you, All these things shall come upon this generation.

37 Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How often I desired to gather your children together, the way a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you would not!

38 Behold, your house is left to you desolate.

39 For I say to you, You shall by no means see Me from now on until you say, Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord. — Matthew 23 | Recovery Version (REC) The Recovery Version of the Holy Bible © 2009 Living Stream Ministry. All rights reserved. Cross References: Genesis 4:8; Exodus 13:9; Exodus 29:37; Exodus 30:29; Deuteronomy 33:3; Ruth 2:12; 1 Kings 8:13; 1 Kings 9:7; 2 Chronicles 24:21; Job 22:29; Psalm 118:26; Proverbs 26:23; Proverbs 26:26; Isaiah 9:16; Isaiah 20:6; Isaiah 28:25; Isaiah 46:1; Isaiah 66:1; Jeremiah 7:26; Lamentations 4:13; Matthew 3:7; Matthew 5:22; Matthew 6:9; Matthew 10:23; Matthew 11:16; Matthew 14:18; Matthew 15:14; Matthew 20:26; Matthew 26:25; Mark 7:4; Mark 12:38-39; Luke 11:47; Luke 20:47; Romans 2:21; 1 Corinthians 10:18

Matthew 23 Bible Commentary - Matthew Henry (concise)

Key Passages in Matthew 23

1. Jesus admonishes the people to follow good doctrine, not bad examples 5. His disciples must beware of their ambition. 13. He denounces eight woes against their hypocrisy and blindness, 34. and prophesies of the destruction of Jerusalem.

[nameandword]

Matthew 23

Then spake Jesus to the multitude, and to his disciples, saying, "The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat: all therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe and do; but do not 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 you called Rabbi: for one is your Master, even Christ; and all you are brethren. And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven. Neither be you 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 you shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for you neither go in yourselves, neither suffer you them that are entering to go in. You devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore you shall receive the greater damnation. You compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, you make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves.

"Woe unto you, you 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!' You 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.' You 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 you pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought you to have done, and not to leave the other undone.

"You blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel. You 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.

"You 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 you also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within you are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.

"You 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 you are witnesses unto yourselves, that you are the children of them which killed the prophets. Fill you up then the measure of your fathers. You serpents, you generation of vipers, how can you escape the damnation of hell?

"Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: and some of them you shall kill and crucify; and some of them shall you scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from city to city: that upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom you slew between the temple and the altar. Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation.

"O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and you would not! Behold, your house is left unto you desolate. For I say unto you, you shall not see me henceforth, till you shall say, 'Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.'"

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Church notes - 2nd March 2025

2nd John 3:16, 17

Matthew 23:1 - 24:2

Cosmetic Fixation Not just a problem back then. Outward focused.

The religious leaders were obsessed with their image. They were the elite.

The authority doesn't come from the person up the front. It comes from Scripture and from God. vs 16 - 18

Jesus was pointing out that oaths and finicky rules don't work.

vs 25, 25 Don't be legalistic. Focus on what's inside; on motives and the heart.

Deuteronomy 14:22, 28 Generosity to the poor.

The teachers of the Law were not being generous (using loopholes to avoid being so).

vs 27, 28 Jesus was pointing out their hypocracy and insulting them; daring them to kill Him.

He was prophesying the persecution of the disciples and the destruction of the Temple in 70 AD.

Psalm 118

Judgement, but also forgiveness. Judgement and mercy.

[just-some-normal-jessica]

woe. jon character lineup be upon ye

individual sillies under the cut

[hyper-alice]

I told my friend about Forever And Always today

when I got to the Paul-is-a-clone reveal she said something like “and they still found each other? Aww”

she gets it

SHE GETS IT

[terrimavr]

I think I've created peak