Matthew 23:12-14

Modern English Version

¹² For he who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.

¹³ “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You shut the kingdom of heaven against men. For you neither enter yourselves, nor allow those who are entering to go in. ¹⁴ Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You devour widows’ houses and for pretense make long prayers. Therefore you will receive the greater condemnation.