Matthew 23:12-14

Expanded Bible

¹² Whoever ·makes himself great [lifts up/exalts himself] will be made humble. Whoever makes himself humble will be ·made great [exalted; lifted up].

¹³ “·How terrible for [^LWoe to] you, ·teachers of the law [scribes] and Pharisees! You are hypocrites! [^LBecause] You ·close [shut; lock] the door for people to enter the kingdom of heaven. You yourselves don’t enter, and you ·stop [don’t allow] others who are trying to enter. |¹⁴ ·How terrible for [^LWoe to] you, ·teachers of the law [scribes] and Pharisees. You are hypocrites. You ·take away [^Ldevour] widows’ houses, and you say long prayers ·so that people will notice you [as a pretense]. So you will have a worse ·punishment [condemnation].|^[a]