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Matthew 23

Matt. 23:25 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Woe
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
ouai (Greek #3759)
"woe"
KJV usage: alas, woe.
Pronounce: oo-ah'-ee
Origin: a primary exclamation of grief
unto you
humin (Greek #5213)
to (with or by) you
KJV usage: ye, you, your(-selves).
Pronounce: hoo-min'
Origin: irregular dative case of 5210
, scribes
grammateus (Greek #1122)
from 1121. a writer, i.e. (professionally) scribe or secretary
KJV usage: scribe, town-clerk.
Pronounce: gram-mat-yooce'
and
kai (Greek #2532)
and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
KJV usage: and, also, both, but, even, for, if, or, so, that, then, therefore, when, yet.
Pronounce: kahee
Origin: apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force
Pharisees
Pharisaios (Greek #5330)
a separatist, i.e. exclusively religious; a Pharisean, i.e. Jewish sectary
KJV usage: Pharisee.
Pronounce: far-is-ah'-yos
Origin: of Hebrew origin (compare 06567)
, hypocrites
hupokrites (Greek #5273)
an actor under an assumed character (stage-player), i.e. (figuratively) a dissembler ("hypocrite"
KJV usage: hypocrite.
Pronounce: hoop-ok-ree-tace'
Origin: from 5271
! for
hoti (Greek #3754)
demonstrative, that (sometimes redundant); causative, because
KJV usage: as concerning that, as though, because (that), for (that), how (that), (in) that, though, why.
Pronounce: hot'-ee
Origin: neuter of 3748 as conjunction
t ye make clean
katharizo (Greek #2511)
to cleanse (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: (make) clean(-se), purge, purify.
Pronounce: kath-ar-id'-zo
Origin: from 2513
the outside
exothen (Greek #1855)
external(-ly)
KJV usage: out(-side , -ward, - wardly), (from) without.
Pronounce: ex'-o-then
Origin: from 1854
of the cup
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
poterion (Greek #4221)
a drinking-vessel; by extension, the contents thereof, i.e. a cupful (draught); figuratively, a lot or fate
KJV usage: cup.
Pronounce: pot-ay'-ree-on
Origin: neuter of a derivative of the alternate of 4095
and
kai (Greek #2532)
and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
KJV usage: and, also, both, but, even, for, if, or, so, that, then, therefore, when, yet.
Pronounce: kahee
Origin: apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force
of the platter
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
paropsis (Greek #3953)
a side-dish (the receptacle)
KJV usage: platter.
Pronounce: par-op-sis'
Origin: from 3844 and the base of 3795
, but
de (Greek #1161)
but, and, etc.
KJV usage: also, and, but, moreover, now (often unexpressed in English).
Pronounce: deh
Origin: a primary particle (adversative or continuative)
within
esothen (Greek #2081)
from inside; also used as equivalent to 2080 (inside)
KJV usage: inward(-ly), (from) within, without.
Pronounce: es'-o-then
Origin: from 2080
they are full
gemo (Greek #1073)
to swell out, i.e. be full
KJV usage: be full.
Pronounce: ghem'-o
Origin: a primary verb
of
ek (Greek #1537)
or ἐξ (ex) a primary preposition denoting origin (the point whence action or motion proceeds), from, out (of place, time, or cause; literal or figurative; direct or remote)
KJV usage: after, among, X are, at, betwixt(-yond), by (the means of), exceedingly, (+ abundantly above), for(- th), from (among, forth, up), + grudgingly, + heartily, X heavenly, X hereby, + very highly, in, ...ly, (because, by reason) of, off (from), on, out among (from, of), over, since, X thenceforth, through, X unto, X vehemently, with(-out). Often used in composition, with the same general import; often of completion.
Pronounce: ek
extortion
harpage (Greek #724)
pillage (properly abstract)
KJV usage: extortion, ravening, spoiling.
Pronounce: har-pag-ay'
Origin: from 726
and
kai (Greek #2532)
and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
KJV usage: and, also, both, but, even, for, if, or, so, that, then, therefore, when, yet.
Pronounce: kahee
Origin: apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force
excess
akrasia (Greek #192)
want of self-restraint
KJV usage: excess, incontinency.
Pronounce: ak-ras-ee'-a
Origin: from 193
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Mark 7:4• 4and on coming from the market-place, unless they are washed, they do not eat; and there are many other things which they have received to hold, the washing of cups and vessels, and brazen utensils, and couches), (Mark 7:4)
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Cup,
Hypocrite,
Pharisee,
Scribes,
Woe

Cross References

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Matt. 15:19‑20• 19For out of the heart come forth evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witnessings, blasphemies;
 20these are the things which defile man; but the eating with unwashen hands does not defile man. (Matt. 15:19‑20)
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Mark 7:4‑13• 4and on coming from the market-place, unless they are washed, they do not eat; and there are many other things which they have received to hold, the washing of cups and vessels, and brazen utensils, and couches),
 5then the Pharisees and the scribes ask him, Why do thy disciples not walk according to what has been delivered by the ancients, but eat the bread with defiled hands?
 6But he answering said to them, Well did Esaias prophesy concerning you hypocrites, as it is written, This people honour me with their lips, but their heart is far away from me.
 7But in vain do they worship me, teaching as their teachings commandments of men.
 8For, leaving the commandment of God, ye hold what is delivered by men to keep--washings of vessels and cups, and many other such like things ye do.
 9And he said to them, Well do ye set aside the commandment of God, that ye may observe what is delivered by yourselves to keep.
 10For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, he who speaks ill of father or mother, let him surely die.
 11But *ye* say, If a man say to his father or his mother, It is corban (that is, gift), whatsoever thou mightest have profit from me by …
 12And ye no longer suffer him to do anything for his father or his mother;
 13making void the word of God by your traditional teaching which ye have delivered; and many such like things ye do. (Mark 7:4‑13)
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Luke 11:39‑40• 39But the Lord said to him, Now do ye Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup and of the dish, but your inward parts are full of plunder and wickedness.
 40Fools, has not he who has made the outside made the inside also? (Luke 11:39‑40)
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Isa. 28:7‑8• 7But these also have erred through wine, and through strong drink are they gone astray. The priest and the prophet have erred through strong drink; they are overpowered by wine, they are gone astray through strong drink; they have erred in vision, they have stumbled in judgment.
 8For all tables are full of filthy vomit, so that there is no more place. (Isa. 28:7‑8)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the dish, but within they are full of rapine and intemperancea.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "self-indulgence," want of self-restraint in feeding one's lust.

W. Kelly Translation

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Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the dish, but within they are full of rapine and intemperance.

WK Verse Note

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)