perverting the cause of the poor, violently seizing the judgment of the needy ones of My people, that the widow may be a prey to them, and the orphan a spoil.

and oppress not the stranger, and the orphan, and the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place, and go not after strange gods to your hurt;

But seeing you have trusted in lying words, whereby you shall not be profited;

so that it is evil with you; yet have you come, and stood before Me in the house which is called by My name, and you have said, We have refrained from doing all these abominations.

In you they have reviled father and mother; and in you they have behaved unjustly toward the stranger; they have oppressed the orphan and widow.

in which to tread on the dust of the earth, and they have smitten upon the heads of the poor, and have perverted the way of the lowly; and a son and his father have gone into the same maid, that they might profane the name of their God.

Hear now this, you that oppress the poor in the morning, and drive the needy ones by tyranny from the earth,

That we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for shoes; and we will trade in every kind of fruit.

And they desired fields, and plundered orphans, and oppressed families, and spoiled a man and his house, even a man and his inheritance.

Even before time My people withstood him as an enemy against his peace; they have stripped off his skin to remove hope in the conflict of war.

Who hate good, and seek evil; who tear their skins off them, and their flesh off their bones:

Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you shut up the kingdom of heaven before men; for you do not enter, nor do you allow those who are entering to go in.

who devour widows' houses, and for a pretense pray at length. These will receive more abundant judgment."

For of these are those [who] creep into houses and captivate gullible women having been loaded down with sins, who are led by various lusts,

Now in the meantime, as an innumerable crowd had gathered together so that they were stepping on one another, He began to say to His disciples first of all, "Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.

They approach you as a people that come together, and sit before you, and hear your words, but they will not do them; for [there is] falsehood in their mouth, and their heart [goes] after their pollutions.

Blind Pharisee, first clean the inside of the cup and dish, so that the outside of them may be clean also.

Thus also you outwardly appear righteous to men, but inside you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.

For neither were we using flattering speech, as you know, nor covering up greed, God is [our] witness.

For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,

traitors, headstrong, having been puffed up, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God,

They profess to know God, but in their works they deny Him, being abominable, disobedient, and disqualified for every good work.

I say to you that it will be more tolerable in that Day for Sodom than for that city.

Nevertheless it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the judgment than for you.

And that servant who knew his master's will, and did not get ready or do according to his will, shall be beaten [with] many [blows].

But he who did not know, yet did things worthy of [blows], shall be beaten [with] few. For everyone to whom much is given, from him much will be demanded; and to whom much has been entrusted, of him they will ask much more.

Nevertheless I say to you, it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the day of judgment than for you.

But I say to you that it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment than for you."

My brothers, let not many become teachers, knowing that we shall receive greater judgment.