Matthew 23:25-27

Expanded Bible

²⁵ “·How terrible for [^LWoe to] you, ·teachers of the law [scribes] and Pharisees! You are hypocrites! You ·wash [clean] the outside of your cups and dishes [^Cfor ceremonial purity], but inside they are full of ·things you got by cheating others and by pleasing only yourselves [^Lgreed/robbery and self-indulgence]. ²⁶ Pharisees, you are blind! First make the inside of the cup^[a] clean, and then the outside ·can be truly [or will also be] clean.

²⁷ “·How terrible for [^LWoe to] you, ·teachers of the law [scribes] and Pharisees! You are hypocrites! You are like ·tombs that are painted white [whitewashed tombs]. Outside, those tombs ·look fine [appear beautiful], but inside, they are full of the bones of dead people and all kinds of ·unclean things [filth; corruption; impurity].