Ezekiel 16:23
Holman Christian Standard Bible
23 “Then after all your evil—Woe, woe to you!”—the declaration of the Lord God—
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Ezekiel 16:23
New International Version
23 “‘Woe!(A) Woe to you, declares the Sovereign Lord. In addition to all your other wickedness,
Ezekiel 16:23
King James Version
23 And it came to pass after all thy wickedness, (woe, woe unto thee! saith the Lord God;)
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Matthew 23:13-16
Holman Christian Standard Bible
13 “But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You lock up the kingdom of heaven from people. For you don’t go in, and you don’t allow those entering to go in.(A)
[14 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You devour widows’ houses and make long prayers just for show.[a] This is why you will receive a harsher punishment.][b]
15 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You travel over land and sea to make one proselyte,(B) and when he becomes one, you make him twice as fit for hell[c] as you are!
16 “Woe to you, blind guides,(C) who say, ‘Whoever takes an oath by the sanctuary, it means nothing. But whoever takes an oath(D) by the gold of the sanctuary is bound by his oath.’[d]
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- Matthew 23:14 Or prayers with false motivation
- Matthew 23:14 Other mss omit bracketed text
- Matthew 23:15 Lit twice the son of gehenna
- Matthew 23:16 Lit is obligated
Matthew 23:13-16
New International Version
Seven Woes on the Teachers of the Law and the Pharisees
13 “Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites!(A) You shut the door of the kingdom of heaven in people’s faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let those enter who are trying to.(B) [14] [a]
15 “Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You travel over land and sea to win a single convert,(C) and when you have succeeded, you make them twice as much a child of hell(D) as you are.
16 “Woe to you, blind guides!(E) You say, ‘If anyone swears by the temple, it means nothing; but anyone who swears by the gold of the temple is bound by that oath.’(F)
Footnotes
- Matthew 23:14 Some manuscripts include here words similar to Mark 12:40 and Luke 20:47.
Matthew 23:13-16
King James Version
13 But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in.
14 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation.
15 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves.
16 Woe unto you, ye blind guides, which say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor!
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Luke 6:24
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Woe to the Self-Satisfied
24 But woe to you who are rich,
for you have received your comfort.
Luke 6:24
New International Version
Luke 6:24
King James Version
24 But woe unto you that are rich! for ye have received your consolation.
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Revelation 9:12
Holman Christian Standard Bible
12 The first woe has passed. There are still two more woes to come after this.
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Revelation 9:12
New International Version
12 The first woe is past; two other woes are yet to come.(A)
Revelation 9:12
King James Version
12 One woe is past; and, behold, there come two woes more hereafter.
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