Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you cleanse the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full of extortion and self-indulgence.

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

Hear this, O house of Jacob, who are called by the name of Israel, and have come forth out of the waters of Judah; who swear by the name of Jehovah and make mention of the God of Israel (but not in truth nor in righteousness;

for they name themselves as being of the holy city, and rest themselves on the God of Israel; Jehovah of Hosts is His name):

Yet they seek Me daily, and delight to know My ways, as a nation that did righteousness, and did not forsake the ordinance of their God. They ask of Me the ordinances of justice; they take delight in drawing near to God.

when he sees the sword coming upon the land, if he blows the shofar and warns the people,

having a form of godliness but denying its power. And from such people turn away.

watching carefully that no one fall short of the grace of God; that no root of bitterness springing up cause trouble, and through this many become defiled;

And to the angel of the church in Sardis write, These things says He who has the seven Spirits of God and the seven stars: I know your works, that you have a name that you live, but you are dead.

I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot. I would that you were cold or hot.

So then, because you are lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will vomit you out of My mouth.