Mat 15:4-9, 23:13-28, Act 23:8 | ESV | STEP | For God commanded , Honor your father and your mother , and , Whoever reviles father or mother must surely die .

4 For God commanded, ^a‘Honor your father and your mother,’ and, ^b‘Whoever reviles father or mother must surely die.’ 5 But you say, ‘If anyone tells his father or his mother, “What you would have gained from me is given to God,” ^{▼▼Or is an offering} 6 he need not honor his father.’ So for the sake of your tradition you have ^dmade void the word ^{▼▼Some manuscripts law} of God. 7 ^fYou hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy of you, when he said:

8 ^g“‘This people honors me with their lips,
but their heart is far from me;
9 in vain do they worship me,
teaching as ^hdoctrines the commandments of men.’”

Matthew 23:13-28

13 “But woe ⁱto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you ^jshut the kingdom of heaven in people’s faces. For you ^kneither enter yourselves nor allow those who would enter to go in. ^{▼▼Some manuscripts add here (or after verse 12) verse 14: Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you devour widows’ houses and for a pretense you make long prayers; therefore you will receive the greater condemnation} 15 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you travel across sea and land to make a single ^mproselyte, and when he becomes a proselyte, you make him twice as much a ⁿchild of ^ohell ^{▼▼Greek Gehenna; also verse 33} as yourselves.

16 “Woe to ^qyou, ^rblind guides, who say, ^s‘If anyone swears by the temple, it is nothing, but if anyone swears by the gold of the temple, he is bound by his oath.’ 17 You blind fools! For which is greater, the gold or ^tthe temple that has made the gold sacred? 18 And you say, ‘If anyone swears by the altar, it is nothing, but if anyone swears by ^uthe gift that is on the altar, he is bound by his oath.’ 19 You blind men! For which is greater, the gift or ^vthe altar that makes the gift sacred? 20 So whoever swears by the altar swears by it and by everything on it. 21 And whoever swears by the temple swears by it and by ^whim who dwells in it. 22 And whoever swears by ^xheaven swears by ^ythe throne of God and by ^zhim who sits upon it.

23 ^aa“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For ^abyou tithe mint and dill and ^accumin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law: ^adjustice and mercy and faithfulness. ^aeThese you ought to have done, without neglecting the others. 24 You blind guides, straining out a gnat and swallowing ^afa camel!

25 ^ag“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For ^ahyou clean the outside of ^aithe cup and the plate, but inside they are full of ^ajgreed and self-indulgence. 26 You blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of ^akthe cup and the plate, that the outside also may be clean.

27 ^al“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like ^amwhitewashed tombs, which outwardly appear beautiful, but within are full of dead people’s bones and ^anall uncleanness. 28 So you also ^aooutwardly appear righteous to others, but within you are full of ^aphypocrisy and lawlessness.

Acts 23:8

8 For the Sadducees ^aqsay that there is no resurrection, nor angel, nor spirit, but the Pharisees acknowledge them all.