NSB(i)
24 »You blind guides! You strain out the gnat and swallow the camel!
25 »Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You cleanse the outside of the cup and of the platter, yet the inside is full of extortion and excess.
26 »You are blind. Clean the inside of the cup and platter first. Then clean the outside.
27 »Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs that appear beautiful on the outside. They are full of dead men’s bones and uncleanness on the inside.
28 »You appear righteous to men. However, inside you are full of hypocrisy and wickedness.
29 »Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You build the tombs for the prophets and decorate the tombs of the righteous.
30 »You claim that you would not have been involved with your fathers when they spilled the blood of the prophets.
31 »You witness against yourselves that you are sons of those who murdered the prophets.
32 »Fill up the (guilt) measure of your fathers.
33 »You serpents! You offspring of vipers! How will you escape from being destroyed in the ever-burning fires of the Valley of Hinnom? (Greek: Gehenna, the trash fires in the valley just outside of Jerusalem)
34 »Look! I am sending you prophets, wise men, and scribes. Some of them you will torture and kill. Others you will torment and persecute from city to city.
35 »You are responsible for all the righteous blood shed on earth. That includes the blood of the righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah, whom you killed between the sanctuary and the altar.
36 »I tell you, all these things will come upon this generation (those living at that time).