Matthew 23:27
Matthew · New Testament · Chapter 23
“Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men’s bones, and of all uncleanness.”Matthew 23:27
What Does Matthew 23:27 Mean?
Matthew 23:27 is found in the book of Matthew, chapter 23, verse 27 of the New Testament. This verse connects to 16 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (16)
These passages are connected to Matthew 23:27 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
2 Timothy 3:5“Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.”Luke 11:44“Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are as graves which appear not, and the men that walk over them are not aware of them.”Matthew 23:13“But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in.”Acts 23:3“Then said Paul unto him, God shall smite thee, thou whited wall: for sittest thou to judge me after the law, and commandest me to be smitten contrary to the law?”Romans 3:13“Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips:”Colossians 2:23“Which things have indeed a shew of wisdom in will worship, and humility, and neglecting of the body; not in any honour to the satisfying of the flesh.”Malachi 3:7“Even from the days of your fathers ye are gone away from mine ordinances, and have not kept them. Return unto me, and I will return unto you, saith the LORD of hosts. But ye said, Wherein shall we return?”Luke 11:42“But woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye tithe mint and rue and all manner of herbs, and pass over judgment and the love of God: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.”Numbers 19:16“And whosoever toucheth one that is slain with a sword in the open fields, or a dead body, or a bone of a man, or a grave, shall be unclean seven days.”Revelation 18:24“And in her was found the blood of prophets, and of saints, and of all that were slain upon the earth.”2 Samuel 14:25“But in all Israel there was none to be so much praised as Absalom for his beauty: from the sole of his foot even to the crown of his head there was no blemish in him.”Proverbs 26:23“Burning lips and a wicked heart are like a potsherd covered with silver dross.”Isaiah 10:1“Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write grievousness which they have prescribed;”2 Kings 23:14“And he brake in pieces the images, and cut down the groves, and filled their places with the bones of men.”2 Chronicles 29:16“And the priests went into the inner part of the house of the LORD, to cleanse it, and brought out all the uncleanness that they found in the temple of the LORD into the court of the house of the LORD. And the Levites took it, to carry it out abroad into the brook Kidron.”Isaiah 58:1“Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and shew my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins.”
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