Matthew 23:28
Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.
Context
This verse from Matthew Chapter 23 connects to 10 cross-references. The seven woes against the scribes and Pharisees: they sit in Moses' seat but do not practice what they preach, bind heavy burdens, shut the kingdom of heaven before others, devour widows' houses while making long prayers, tithe mint and …
Other Translations
Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but inwardly ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.
so also ye outwardly indeed do appear to men righteous, and within ye are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.
Even so you seem to men to be full of righteousness, but inside you are all false and full of wrongdoing.
Cross References
But the Lord said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I …
Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom.
The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?
I the Lord search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and …
O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart …
A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out …
For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:
These are the things which defile a man: but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not a man.
But all their works they do for to be seen of men: they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the …
For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,