Hypocrisy

if any one may say--`I love God,' and his brother he may hate, a liar he is; for he who is not loving his brother whom he hath seen, God--whom he hath not seen--how is he able to love?

Hypocrite, cast out first the beam out of thine own eye, and then thou shalt see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye.

`Take heed your kindness not to do before men, to be seen by them, and if not--reward ye have not from your Father who <FI>is<Fi> in the heavens;

If any one doth think to be religious among you, not bridling his tongue, but deceiving his heart, of this one vain <FI>is<Fi> the religion;

`Judge not, that ye may not be judged, — read the full passage →

`Hypocrites, well did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying, — read the full passage →

And dost thou think this, O man, who art judging those who such things are practising, and art doing them, that thou shalt escape the judgment of God?

he who is saying, in the light he is, and his brother is hating, in the darkness he is till now;

and there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known;

God they profess to know, and in the works they deny <FI>Him<Fi> , being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work disapproved.

having a form of piety, and its power having denied; and from these be turning away,

`And when thou mayest pray, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites, because they love in the synagogues, and in the corners of the broad places--standing--to pray, that they may be seen of men; verily I say to you, that they have their reward.

`But, take heed of the false prophets, who come unto you in sheep's clothing, and inwardly are ravening wolves.

he who is saying, `I have known him,' and his command is not keeping, a liar he is, and in him the truth is not;

What <FI>is<Fi> the profit, my brethren, if faith, any one may speak of having, and works he may not have? is that faith able to save him? — read the full passage →

whenever, therefore, thou mayest do kindness, thou mayest not sound a trumpet before thee as the hypocrites do, in the synagogues, and in the streets, that they may have glory from men; verily I say to you--they have their reward!

`Not every one who is saying to me Lord, lord, shall come into the reign of the heavens; but he who is doing the will of my Father who is in the heavens. — read the full passage →

`Woe to you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye give tithe of the mint, and the dill, and the cumin, and did neglect the weightier things of the Law--the judgment, and the kindness, and the faith; these it behoved <FI>you<Fi> to do, and those not to neglect.

Therefore, thou art inexcusable, O man--every one who is judging--for in that in which thou dost judge the other, thyself thou dost condemn, for the same things thou dost practise who art judging, — read the full passage →

`And when ye may fast, be ye not as the hypocrites, of sour countenances, for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear to men fasting; verily I say to you, that they have their reward.

`Woe to you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye are like to whitewashed sepulchres, which outwardly indeed do appear beautiful, and within are full of bones of dead men, and of all uncleanness;

Therefore, thou art inexcusable, O man--every one who is judging--for in that in which thou dost judge the other, thyself thou dost condemn, for the same things thou dost practise who art judging,

Having put aside, then, all evil, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envyings, and all evil speakings,

and he answering said to them--`Well did Isaiah prophesy concerning you, hypocrites, as it hath been written, This people with the lips doth honour Me, and their heart is far from Me;

as free, and not having the freedom as the cloak of the evil, but as servants of God;

`Woe to you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye shut up the reign of the heavens before men, for ye do not go in, nor those going in do ye suffer to enter.

Sweeter than honey hath been his mouth, And his heart <FI>is<Fi> war! Softer have been his words than oil, And they <FI>are<Fi> drawn <FI>swords<Fi> .

And the Lord saith: Because drawn near hath this people, with its mouth, And with its lips they have honoured Me, And its heart it hath put far off from Me, And their fear of Me is--A precept of men is taught!

`Woe to you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye go round the sea and the dry land to make one proselyte, and whenever it may happen--ye make him a son of gehenna twofold more than yourselves.

for if any one doth think <FI>himself<Fi> to be something--being nothing--himself he doth deceive;

`And all their works they do to be seen by men, and they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the fringes of their garments,

At which time the myriads of the multitude having been gathered together, so as to tread upon one another, he began to say unto his disciples, first, `Take heed to yourselves of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy;

`Woe to you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye are like to whitewashed sepulchres, which outwardly indeed do appear beautiful, and within are full of bones of dead men, and of all uncleanness; — read the full passage →

`And why do ye call me, Lord, Lord, and do not what I say?

With the mouth a hypocrite corrupteth his friend, And by knowledge the righteous are drawn out.

He dwelleth not in my house who is working deceit, Whoso is speaking lies Is not established before mine eyes.

And Jesus having known their wickedness, said, `Why me do ye tempt, hypocrites?

and will cut him off, and his portion with the hypocrites will appoint; there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of the teeth.

and he said to them, `Ye are those declaring yourselves righteous before men, but God doth know your hearts; because that which among men is high, <FI>is<Fi> abomination before God;

`Take heed of the scribes, who are wishing to walk in long robes, and are loving salutations in the markets, and first seats in the synagogues, and first couches in the suppers, — read the full passage →

`Woe to you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye make clean the outside of the cup and the plate, and within they are full of rapine and incontinence.

Crooked <FI>is<Fi> the heart above all things, And it <FI>is<Fi> incurable--who doth know it?

and the wisdom from above, first, indeed, is pure, then peaceable, gentle, easily entreated, full of kindness and good fruits, uncontentious, and unhypocritical: --

Then Jesus spake to the multitudes, and to his disciples, — read the full passage →

the Pharisee having stood by himself, thus prayed: God, I thank Thee that I am not as the rest of men, rapacious, unrighteous, adulterers, or even as this tax-gatherer;

and become ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves,

`None is able to serve two lords, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will hold to the one, and despise the other; ye are not able to serve God and Mammon.

so also ye outwardly indeed do appear to men righteous, and within ye are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.

Silver of dross spread over potsherd, <FI>Are<Fi> burning lips and an evil heart. — read the full passage →

if we may say--`we have fellowship with Him,' and in the darkness may walk--we lie, and do not the truth;

for not knowing the righteousness of God, and their own righteousness seeking to establish, to the righteousness of God they did not submit.

`Hypocrites, well did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying,

`Woe to you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye eat up the houses of the widows, and for a pretence make long prayers, because of this ye shall receive more abundant judgment.

`Woe to you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, and adorn the tombs of the righteous,

Who are saying, `Keep to thyself, come not nigh to me, For I have declared thee unholy.' These <FI>are<Fi> a smoke in Mine anger, A fire burning all the day.

for all did sin, and are come short of the glory of God--

For the company of the profane <FI>is<Fi> gloomy, And fire hath consumed tents of bribery.

`And why dost thou behold the mote that <FI>is<Fi> in thy brother's eye, and the beam that <FI>is<Fi> in thine own eye dost not consider? — read the full passage →

For a fool speaketh folly, And his heart doth iniquity, to do profanity, And to speak concerning Jehovah error, To empty the soul of the hungry, Yea, drink of the thirsty he causeth to lack.

And to the wicked hath God said: What to thee--to recount My statutes? That thou liftest up My covenant on thy mouth?

And the profane in heart set the face, They cry not when He hath bound them.

So <FI>are<Fi> the paths of all forgetting God, And the hope of the profane doth perish,

Each of his friend--beware ye, And on any brother, do not trust, For every brother doth utterly supplant, For every friend slanderously doth walk,

for such our Lord Jesus Christ do not serve, but their own belly; and through the good word and fair speech they deceive the hearts of the harmless,

This people doth draw nigh to Me with their mouth, and with the lips it doth honour Me, but their heart is far off from Me;

and at morning, Foul weather to-day, for the heaven is red--gloomy; hypocrites, the face of the heavens indeed ye do know to discern, but the signs of the times ye are not able!

`Judge not, that ye may not be judged, — read the full passage →

Afraid in Zion have been sinners, Seized hath trembling the profane: Who doth dwell for us--consuming fire, Who doth dwell for us--burnings of the age?

`No domestic is able to serve two lords, for either the one he will hate, and the other he will love; or one he will hold to, and of the other he will be heedless; ye are not able to serve God and mammon.'

and he answering said to them--`Well did Isaiah prophesy concerning you, hypocrites, as it hath been written, This people with the lips doth honour Me, and their heart is far from Me; — read the full passage →

`Woe to you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye give tithe of the mint, and the dill, and the cumin, and did neglect the weightier things of the Law--the judgment, and the kindness, and the faith; these it behoved <FI>you<Fi> to do, and those not to neglect. — read the full passage →

These are murmurers, repiners; according to their desires walking, and their mouth doth speak great swellings, giving admiration to persons for the sake of profit;

in hypocrisy speaking lies, being seared in their own conscience,

Fools and blind! for which <FI>is<Fi> greater, the gold, or the sanctuary that is sanctifying the gold?

Her heads for a bribe do judge, And her priests for hire do teach, And her prophets for silver divine, And on Jehovah they lean, saying, `Is not Jehovah in our midst? Evil doth not come in upon us.'

and in covetousness, with moulded words, of you they shall make merchandise, whose judgment of old is not idle, and their destruction doth not slumber.

For there is no stability in their mouth. Their heart <FI>is<Fi> mischiefs, An open grave <FI>is<Fi> their throat, Their tongue they make smooth.

For what <FI>is<Fi> the hope of the profane, When He doth cut off? When God doth cast off his soul? — read the full passage →

all, then, as much as they may say to you to observe, observe and do, but according to their works do not, for they say, and do not;

and become ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves, — read the full passage →

And the Lord said unto him, `Now do ye, the Pharisees, the outside of the cup and of the plate make clean, but your inward part is full of rapine and wickedness;

Woe <FI>to<Fi> those going deep from Jehovah to hide counsel, And whose works have been in darkness. And they say, `Who is seeing us? And who is knowing us?'

I have hated--I have loathed your festivals, And I am not refreshed by your restraints. — read the full passage →

Thou hast loved all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue.

they love also the chief couches in the supper, and the chief seats in the synagogues, — read the full passage →

for ye have shewed yourselves perverse in your souls, for ye sent me unto Jehovah your God, saying, Pray for us unto Jehovah our God, and according to all that Jehovah our God saith, so declare to us, and we have done <FI>it<Fi> ;

Yea, thou hast hated instruction, And dost cast My words behind thee.

A bad tooth, and a tottering foot, <FI>Is<Fi> the confidence of the treacherous in a day of adversity.

and become ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves, — read the full passage →

And he said also to the multitudes, `When ye may see the cloud rising from the west, immediately ye say, A shower doth come, and it is so; — read the full passage →

Do not trust for yourselves Unto the words of falsehood, saying, The temple of Jehovah, the temple of Jehovah, The temple of Jehovah <FI>are<Fi> they!

draw nigh to God, and He will draw nigh to you; cleanse hands, ye sinners! and purify hearts, ye two-souled!

and evil men and impostors shall advance to the worse, leading astray and being led astray.

they say to him, `Teacher, this woman was taken in the very crime--committing adultery, — read the full passage →

`And what think ye? A man had two children, and having come to the first, he said, Child, go, to-day be working in my vineyard.' — read the full passage →

Lo, ye are trusting for yourselves On the words of falsehood, so as not to profit. — read the full passage →

`Why to Me the abundance of your sacrifices? saith Jehovah, I have been satiated <FI>with<Fi> burnt-offerings of rams, And fat of fatlings; And blood of bullocks, and lambs, And he-goats I have not desired. — read the full passage →

And they come in unto thee as the coming in of a people, And they sit before thee--My people, And have heard thy words, and they do them not, For doting loves with their mouth they are making, After their dishonest gain their heart is going.

if we may say--`we have not sinned,' a liar we make Him, and His word is not in us.

And they come in unto thee as the coming in of a people, And they sit before thee--My people, And have heard thy words, and they do them not, For doting loves with their mouth they are making, After their dishonest gain their heart is going. — read the full passage →