Num 14:36-37, Deu 1:28, Mat 23:13 | ESV | STEP | And the men whom Moses sent to spy out the land , who returned and made all the congregation grumble against him by bringing up a bad report about the land

Numbers 14:36-37

36 ^aAnd the men whom Moses sent to spy out the land, who returned and made all the congregation grumble against him by bringing up a bad report about the land— 37 the men who brought up a bad report of the land— ^bdied by plague before the Lord.

Deuteronomy 1:28

28 Where are we going up? ^cOur brothers have made our hearts melt, saying, ^d“The people are greater and taller than we. The cities are great and fortified up to heaven. And besides, we have seen ^ethe sons of the Anakim there.”’

Matthew 23:13

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