Mat 2:8, 13, Mat 23, Rom 4:11 | ESV | STEP | And he sent them to Bethlehem , saying , Go and search diligently for the child , and when you have found him, bring me word , that I too may come and worship him .

8 And he sent them to Bethlehem, saying, “Go and search diligently for the child, and when you have found him, bring me word, that I too may come and worship him.”

Matthew 2:13

The Flight to Egypt

13 Now when they had departed, behold, ^aan angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, “Rise, take the child and his mother, and flee to Egypt, and remain there until I tell you, for Herod is about to search for the child, to destroy him.”

Matthew 23

Seven Woes to the Scribes and Pharisees

1 Then Jesus ^bsaid to the crowds and to his disciples, 2 ^c“The scribes and the Pharisees ^dsit on Moses’ seat, 3 so do and observe whatever they tell you, ^ebut not the works they do. ^fFor they preach, but do not practice. 4 ^gThey tie up heavy burdens, hard to bear, ^{▼▼Some manuscripts omit hard to bear} and lay them on people’s shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to move them with their finger. 5 ⁱThey do all their deeds ^jto be seen by others. For they make ^ktheir phylacteries broad and ^ltheir fringes long, 6 and they ^mlove the place of honor at feasts and ⁿthe best seats in the synagogues 7 and ^ogreetings in ^pthe marketplaces and being called ^qrabbi ^{▼▼ Rabbi means my teacher, or my master; also verse 8} by others. 8 ^sBut you are not to be called rabbi, for you have one teacher, and you are ^tall brothers. ^{▼▼Or brothers and sisters} 9 ^vAnd call no man your father on earth, for ^wyou have one Father, who is in heaven. 10 Neither be called instructors, for you have one instructor, ^xthe Christ. 11 ^yThe greatest among you shall be your servant. 12 ^zWhoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.

13 “But woe ^aato you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you ^abshut the kingdom of heaven in people’s faces. For you ^acneither 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 ^aeproselyte, and when he becomes a proselyte, you make him twice as much a ^afchild of ^aghell ^{▼▼Greek Gehenna; also verse 33} as yourselves.

16 “Woe to ^aiyou, ^ajblind guides, who say, ^ak‘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 ^althe 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 ^amthe gift that is on the altar, he is bound by his oath.’ 19 You blind men! For which is greater, the gift or ^anthe 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 ^aohim who dwells in it. 22 And whoever swears by ^apheaven swears by ^aqthe throne of God and by ^arhim who sits upon it.

23 ^as“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For ^atyou tithe mint and dill and ^aucumin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law: ^avjustice and mercy and faithfulness. ^awThese you ought to have done, without neglecting the others. 24 You blind guides, straining out a gnat and swallowing ^axa camel!

25 ^ay“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For ^azyou clean the outside of ^bathe cup and the plate, but inside they are full of ^bbgreed and self-indulgence. 26 You blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of ^bcthe cup and the plate, that the outside also may be clean.

27 ^bd“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like ^bewhitewashed tombs, which outwardly appear beautiful, but within are full of dead people’s bones and ^bfall uncleanness. 28 So you also ^bgoutwardly appear righteous to others, but within you are full of ^bhhypocrisy and lawlessness.

29 ^bi“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you build the tombs of the prophets and decorate the monuments of the righteous, 30 saying, ‘If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we would not have taken part with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.’ 31 Thus you witness against yourselves that you are ^bjsons of those who murdered the prophets. 32 ^bkFill up, then, the measure of your fathers. 33 You serpents, ^blyou brood of vipers, how are you to escape being sentenced to ^bmhell? 34 ^bnTherefore ^boI send you ^bpprophets and wise men and ^bqscribes, ^brsome of whom you will kill and crucify, and ^bssome you will ^btflog in your synagogues and ^bupersecute from town to town, 35 so that on you may come all ^bvthe righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous ^bwAbel to the blood of ^bxZechariah the son of Barachiah, ^{▼▼Some manuscripts omit the son of Barachiah} whom you murdered between ^bzthe sanctuary and ^cathe altar. 36 Truly, I say to you, ^cball these things will come upon this generation.

Lament over Jerusalem

37 ^cc“O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that ^cdkills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it! How often would I have ^cegathered ^cfyour children together ^cgas a hen gathers her brood ^chunder her wings, and ^ciyou were not willing! 38 See, ^cjyour house is left to you desolate. 39 For I tell you, you will not see me again, until you say, ^ck‘Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.’”

Romans 4:11

11 ^clHe received the sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised. The purpose was ^cmto make him the father of all who believe without being circumcised, so that righteousness would be counted to them as well,