1 Então, falou Jesus às multidões e aos seus discípulos: 2 Na cadeira de Moisés, se assentaram os escribas e os fariseus. 3 Fazei e guardai, pois, tudo quanto eles vos disserem, porém não os imiteis nas suas obras; porque dizem e não fazem. 4 Atam fardos pesados [e difíceis de carregar] e os põem sobre os ombros dos homens; entretanto, eles mesmos nem com o dedo querem movê-los. 5 Praticam, porém, todas as suas obras com o fim de serem vistos dos homens; pois alargam os seus filactérios e alongam as suas franjas. 6 Amam o primeiro lugar nos banquetes e as primeiras cadeiras nas sinagogas, 7 as saudações nas praças e o serem chamados mestres pelos homens. 8 Vós, porém, não sereis chamados mestres, porque um só é vosso Mestre, e vós todos sois irmãos. 9 A ninguém sobre a terra chameis vosso pai; porque só um é vosso Pai, aquele que está nos céus. 10 Nem sereis chamados guias, porque um só é vosso Guia, o Cristo. 11 Mas o maior dentre vós será vosso servo. 12 Quem a si mesmo se exaltar será humilhado; e quem a si mesmo se humilhar será exaltado.

13 Ai de vós, escribas e fariseus, hipócritas, porque fechais o reino dos céus diante dos homens; pois vós não entrais, nem deixais entrar os que estão entrando!

14 [Ai de vós, escribas e fariseus, hipócritas, porque devorais as casas das viúvas e, para o justificar, fazeis longas orações; por isso, sofrereis juízo muito mais severo!]

15 Ai de vós, escribas e fariseus, hipócritas, porque rodeais o mar e a terra para fazer um prosélito; e, uma vez feito, o tornais filho do inferno duas vezes mais do que vós!

16 Ai de vós, guias cegos, que dizeis: Quem jurar pelo santuário, isso é nada; mas, se alguém jurar pelo ouro do santuário, fica obrigado pelo que jurou! 17 Insensatos e cegos! Pois qual é maior: o ouro ou o santuário que santifica o ouro? 18 E dizeis: Quem jurar pelo altar, isso é nada; quem, porém, jurar pela oferta que está sobre o altar fica obrigado pelo que jurou. 19 Cegos! Pois qual é maior: a oferta ou o altar que santifica a oferta? 20 Portanto, quem jurar pelo altar jura por ele e por tudo o que sobre ele está. 21 Quem jurar pelo santuário jura por ele e por aquele que nele habita; 22 e quem jurar pelo céu jura pelo trono de Deus e por aquele que no trono está sentado.

23 Ai de vós, escribas e fariseus, hipócritas, porque dais o dízimo da hortelã, do endro e do cominho e tendes negligenciado os preceitos mais importantes da Lei: a justiça, a misericórdia e a fé; devíeis, porém, fazer estas coisas, sem omitir aquelas! 24 Guias cegos, que coais o mosquito e engolis o camelo!

25 Ai de vós, escribas e fariseus, hipócritas, porque limpais o exterior do copo e do prato, mas estes, por dentro, estão cheios de rapina e intemperança! 26 Fariseu cego, limpa primeiro o interior do copo, para que também o seu exterior fique limpo!

27 Ai de vós, escribas e fariseus, hipócritas, porque sois semelhantes aos sepulcros caiados, que, por fora, se mostram belos, mas interiormente estão cheios de ossos de mortos e de toda imundícia! 28 Assim também vós exteriormente pareceis justos aos homens, mas, por dentro, estais cheios de hipocrisia e de iniquidade.

29 Ai de vós, escribas e fariseus, hipócritas, porque edificais os sepulcros dos profetas, adornais os túmulos dos justos 30 e dizeis: Se tivéssemos vivido nos dias de nossos pais, não teríamos sido seus cúmplices no sangue dos profetas! 31 Assim, contra vós mesmos, testificais que sois filhos dos que mataram os profetas. 32 Enchei vós, pois, a medida de vossos pais. 33 Serpentes, raça de víboras! Como escapareis da condenação do inferno? 34 Por isso, eis que eu vos envio profetas, sábios e escribas. A uns matareis e crucificareis; a outros açoitareis nas vossas sinagogas e perseguireis de cidade em cidade; 35 para que sobre vós recaia todo o sangue justo derramado sobre a terra, desde o sangue do justo Abel até ao sangue de Zacarias, filho de Baraquias, a quem matastes entre o santuário e o altar. 36 Em verdade vos digo que todas estas coisas hão de vir sobre a presente geração.

37 Jerusalém, Jerusalém, que matas os profetas e apedrejas os que te foram enviados! Quantas vezes quis eu reunir os teus filhos, como a galinha ajunta os seus pintinhos debaixo das asas, e vós não o quisestes! 38 Eis que a vossa casa vos ficará deserta. 39 Declaro-vos, pois, que, desde agora, já não me vereis, até que venhais a dizer:

Bendito o que vem em nome do Senhor!

1 Then spake Jesus to the multitudes and to his disciples, 2 saying, The scribes and the Pharisees sit on Moses’ seat: 3 all things therefore whatsoever they bid you, these do and observe: but do not ye after their works; for they say, and do not. 4 Yea, they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men’s shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with their finger. 5 But all their works they do to be seen of men: for they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments, 6 and love the chief place at feasts, and the chief seats in the synagogues, 7 and the salutations in the marketplaces, and to be called of men, Rabbi. 8 But be not ye called Rabbi: for one is your teacher, and all ye are brethren. 9 And call no man your father on the earth: for one is your Father, even he who is in heaven. 10 Neither be ye called masters: for one is your master, even the Christ. 11 But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant. 12 And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be humbled; and whosoever shall humble himself shall be exalted.

13 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. 14

15 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte; and when he is become so, ye make him twofold more a son of hell than yourselves.

16 Woe unto you, ye blind guides, that say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor. 17 Ye fools and blind: for which is greater, the gold, or the temple that hath sanctified the gold? 18 And, Whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gift that is upon it, he is a debtor. 19 Ye blind: for which is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth the gift? 20 He therefore that sweareth by the altar, sweareth by it, and by all things thereon. 21 And he that sweareth by the temple, sweareth by it, and by him that dwelleth therein. 22 And he that sweareth by the heaven, sweareth by the throne of God, and by him that sitteth thereon.

23 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. 24 Ye blind guides, that strain out the gnat, and swallow the camel!

25 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye cleanse the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full from extortion and excess. 26 Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first the inside of the cup and of the platter, that the outside thereof may become clean also.

27 Woe 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. 28 Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but inwardly ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.

29 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, and garnish the tombs of the righteous, 30 and 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. 31 Wherefore ye witness to yourselves, that ye are sons of them that slew the prophets. 32 Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers. 33 Ye serpents, ye offspring of vipers, how shall ye escape the judgment of hell? 34 Therefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: some of them shall ye kill and crucify; and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute from city to city: 35 that upon you may come all the righteous blood shed on the earth, from the blood of Abel the righteous unto the blood of Zachariah son of Barachiah, whom ye slew between the sanctuary and the altar. 36 Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation.

37 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, that killeth the prophets, and stoneth them that are sent unto her! how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not! 38 Behold, your house is left unto you desolate. 39 For I say unto you, Ye shall not see me henceforth, till ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.

1 Then Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples:

2 "The teachers of the law and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat.

3 So you must be careful to do everything they tell you. But do not do what they do, for they do not practice what they preach.

4 They tie up heavy, cumbersome loads and put them on other people's shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to lift a finger to move them.

5 "Everything they do is done for people to see: They make their phylacteries "wide and the tassels on their garments long;

6 they love the place of honor at banquets and the most important seats in the synagogues;

7 they love to be greeted with respect in the marketplaces and to be called 'Rabbi' by others.

8 "But you are not to be called 'Rabbi,' for you have one Teacher, and you are all brothers.

9 And do not call anyone on earth 'father,' for you have one Father, and he is in heaven.

10 Nor are you to be called instructors, for you have one Instructor, the Messiah.

11 The greatest among you will be your servant.

12 For those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.

13 "Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the door of the kingdom of heaven in people's faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let those enter who are trying to.

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15 "Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You travel over land and sea to win a single convert, and when you have succeeded, you make them twice as much a child of hell as you are.

16 "Woe to you, blind guides! You say, 'If anyone swears by the temple, it means nothing; but anyone who swears by the gold of the temple is bound by that oath.'

17 You blind fools! Which is greater: the gold, or the temple that makes the gold sacred?

18 You also say, 'If anyone swears by the altar, it means nothing; but anyone who swears by the gift on the altar is bound by that oath.'

19 You blind men! Which is greater: the gift, or the altar that makes the gift sacred?

20 Therefore, anyone who swears by the altar swears by it and by everything on it.

21 And anyone who swears by the temple swears by it and by the one who dwells in it.

22 And anyone who swears by heaven swears by God's throne and by the one who sits on it.

23 "Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You give a tenth of your spices —mint, dill and cumin. But you have neglected the more important matters of the law —justice, mercy and faithfulness. You should have practiced the latter, without neglecting the former.

24 You blind guides! You strain out a gnat but swallow a camel.

25 "Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence.

26 Blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and dish, and then the outside also will be clean.

27 "Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside but on the inside are full of the bones of the dead and everything unclean.

28 In the same way, on the outside you appear to people as righteous but on the inside you are full of hypocrisy and wickedness.

29 "Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You build tombs for the prophets and decorate the graves of the righteous.

30 And you say, 'If we had lived in the days of our ancestors, we would not have taken part with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.'

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

32 Go ahead, then, and complete what your ancestors started!

33 "You snakes! You brood of vipers! How will you escape being condemned to hell?

34 Therefore I am sending you prophets and sages and teachers. Some of them you will kill and crucify; others you will flog in your synagogues and pursue from town to town.

35 And so upon you will come all the righteous blood that has been shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah son of Berekiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar.

36 Truly I tell you, all this will come on this generation.

37 "Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you were not willing.

38 Look, your house is left to you desolate.

39 For I tell you, you will not see me again until you say, 'Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.' ""