Mat 23:15 | HCSB | STEP | “Woe to you , scribes and Pharisees , hypocrites ! You travel over land and sea to make one proselyte , and when he becomes one, you make him twice as fit for hell as you are!

Matthew 23:15

15 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You travel over land and sea to make one ^{▼▼proselyte: A person from another race or religion who went through a prescribed ritual to become a Jew}proselyte, ^b and when he becomes one, you make him twice as fit for ^{▼▼hell/hellfire: Greek Gehenna; Aramaic for Valley of Hinnom on the south side of Jerusalem; it was formerly a place of human sacrifice and in NT times a place for the burning of garbage; the place of final judgment for those rejecting Christ.}hell ^{▼▼Lit twice the son of gehenna} as you are!