Matthew 23:14
“But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you shut up the Kingdom of Heaven against men; for you don’t enter in yourselves, neither do you allow those who are entering in to enter.Matthew 23:14 · WEB
This verse in other languages
- ગુજરાતી — માથ્થી ૨૩:૧૪
- (ઓ શાસ્ત્રીઓ તથા ફરોશીઓ, ઢોંગીઓ, તમને અફસોસ છે! કેમ કે તમે વિધવાઓનાં ઘર ખાઈ જાઓ છો, દેખાડા માટે લાંબી પ્રાર્થનાઓ કરો છો, તે માટે તમે મોટી સજા ભોગવશો.)
- हिन्दी — मत्ती २३:१४
- [हे कपटी शास्त्रियों और फरीसियों, तुम पर हाय! तुम विधवाओं के घरों को खा जाते हो, और दिखाने के लिए बड़ी देर तक प्रार्थना करते रहते हो: इसलिए तुम्हें अधिक दण्ड मिलेगा।]
In context
12Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.
13“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you devour widows’ houses, and as a pretense you make long prayers. Therefore you will receive greater condemnation.
14“But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you shut up the Kingdom of Heaven against men; for you don’t enter in yourselves, neither do you allow those who are entering in to enter.
15Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you travel around by sea and land to make one proselyte; and when he becomes one, you make him twice as much a son of Gehenna as yourselves.
16“Woe to you, you blind guides, who say, ‘Whoever swears by the temple, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gold of the temple, he is obligated.’
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