Mat 23:13, 23, 27 | ESV | STEP | But woe to you , scribes and Pharisees , hypocrites ! For you shut the kingdom of heaven in people’s faces . For you neither enter yourselves nor allow those who would enter to go in .

Matthew 23:13

13 “But woe ^ato you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you ^bshut the kingdom of heaven in people’s faces. For you ^cneither 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}

Matthew 23:23

23 ^e“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For ^fyou tithe mint and dill and ^gcumin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law: ^hjustice and mercy and faithfulness. ⁱThese you ought to have done, without neglecting the others.

Matthew 23:27

27 ^j“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like ^kwhitewashed tombs, which outwardly appear beautiful, but within are full of dead people’s bones and ^lall uncleanness.