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Jesús oquiteijlij ma ca xmohuicacan quen nohuicaj on fariseos niman on temachtijquej ican itlanahuatil Dios

23  Quemaj Jesús oquimijlij on tlacamej niman on inomachtijcahuan:

―On temachtijquej ican itlanahuatil Dios niman on fariseos quipiaj tlanahuatijli para quinoquitzquiltiaj on itequiu Moisés. Yejhua ica, aman yejhuamej nonequi temachtiaj ica on itlanahuatil Moisés. Yejhua ica, tej, nemejhuamej xquintlacamatican, niman xchihuacan nochi tlen mechijlisquej. Pero ma ca xmohuicacan quen yejhuamej, pampa yejhuamej quijtohuaj se tlamantli niman yej ocse quichihuaj. Niman yejhuamej quinchihualtiaj on tlacamej cuajli ma quejehuacan on miyec tlanahuatiltin. Yejhua in sanoyej ohuijticaj para quejehuasquej. Pero yejhuamej nion siquiera ican se inmajpil quinequij tepalehuisquej. Nochi intequiu quichihuaj san para on tlacamej ma quintacan. Cuelitaj quitquisquej sequimej ihuejhueyi textos on Yectlajcuilojli ijtic on incaja tlachijchiutin ican cuetlaxtli yejhuan quinotlaliliaj ipan imixcuateu niman ipan inma. Niman no cuelitaj quitlalisquej intlaquen ican puntas más pajpatlaquej xquen on ocsequimej tlacamej. Quinequij quipiasquej on yejhuan más huejhueyixtoquej sietas ne campa ilhuipan, niman on más cuajcualtin sietas ne ipan on tiopantin. Yejhuamej quinequij para on tlacamej ma quintlajpalocan ican miyec tetlacaitalistli ne ipan on plazas, niman ma quincuitican temachtijquej.

'Pero nemejhuamej ma ca nenquimocahuilisquej ma mechcuitican temachtijquej, pampa nochimej nemejhuamej nemicniutin niman nenquipiaj san se temachtijquetl. Niman ipan in tlalticpactli ma ca yacaj nenquijlisquej ”noTajtzin”, pampa san se nemoTajtzin nenquipiaj, niman yejhua nemi ne ilhuicac. 10 Nion ma ca nenquimocahuilisquej ma mechcuitican tlayecanquej, pampa san nejhua niCristo yejhuan Dios onechtlalij para tlamandaros, ninemotlayecancau. 11 On yejhuan más hueyixticaj mechpalehuis. 12 On yejhuan nohueyilia quipias nocnelilistli, pero on yejhuan nocnelis quipias hueyilistli.

13 '¡Lástima para nemejhuamej temachtijquej ican itlanahuatil Dios niman nemejhuamej fariseos, nenomexayacyejquej! Lástima, pampa on tlacamej xnenquincahuiliaj ma calaquican ne campa tlamandarohua on ilhuicac chanej. Niman sa no nemejhuamej xnencalaquij, nion nenquincahuiliaj calaquisquej on yejhuan quinequij calaquisquej.

14 '¡Lástima nemejhuamej temachtijquej ican itlanahuatil Dios niman nemejhuamej fariseos, nenomexayacyejquej! Lástima, pampa on sihuacahualtin nenquincuiliaj incal, niman para nesi quen xnentlajtlacolejquej, nenquichihuaj huejhueyac oraciones. Yejhua ica on nemejhuamej más hueyi nenquiselisquej nemocastigo.

15 '¡Lástima para nemejhuamej temachtijquej ican itlanahuatil Dios niman nemejhuamej fariseos, nenomexayacyejquej! Lástima, pampa nenquipaxalohuiliaj nochi tlalticpactli para ijqui nencalactiaj se tlacatl ipan nemorreligión, niman ijcuac se tlacatl yonencuepquej, nemejhuamej nenquichihuaj para on tlacatl ocpa ma quitocaro yas ne mictlan campa tetlajyohuiltiloyan xquen nemejhuamej.

16 '¡Lástima para nemejhuamej tlayecanquej yejhuan nenquitemachtiaj on tlen xnencajsicamatij! Lástima, pampa nenquijtohuaj: “Tla yacaj quitlalia se promesa, niman notlajtolpalehuiya itech on hueyi tiopan ica quichihuas on promesa, ipromesa xoc itlaj quijtosnequi. Pero tla notlajtolpalehuiya itech on oro yejhuan oncaj ne ipan on hueyi tiopan, on quemaj melahuac hueyi quijtosnequi ipromesa niman yejhua ica nonequi quichihuas on tlen oquitlalij ipan ipromesa.” 17 ¡Xnentlanemiliaj niman nenquitemachtiaj on tlen xnencajsicamatij! ¿Catlejhua más hueyixticaj: on oro, noso on hueyi tiopan yejhuan quichipajticaj on oro? 18 Niman nemejhuamej no nenquijtohuaj: “Tla yacaj quitlalia se promesa, niman notlajtolpalehuiya itech on tlaixpan ica quichihuas, ipromesa xoc itlaj quijtosnequi. Pero tla notlajtolpalehuiya itech on huintli yejhuan oncaj ne tlapani ipan on tlaixpan, on quemaj melahuac hueyi quijtosnequi ipromesa niman yejhua ica nonequi quichihuas on tlen oquitlalij ipan ipromesa.” 19 ¡Nemejhuamej nenquitemachtiaj on tlen xnencajsicamatij! ¿Catlejhua más hueyixticaj: on ofrenda, noso on tlaixpan yejhuan quichipajticaj on huintli? 20 Tej, on yejhuan notlajtolpalehuiya itech on tlaixpan, ican ipromesa xsan itech on tlaixpan yej no itech on tlen oncaj ipan on tlaixpan. 21 Niman on yejhuan notlajtolpalehuiya itech on hueyi tiopan, ican ipromesa xsan itech on tiopan notlajtolpalehuiya, yej no itech Dios yejhuan ompa chanti. 22 No ijqui on yejhuan notlajtolpalehuiya itech ilhuicac ican ipromesa, no notlajtolpalehuiya itech on nesehuilpan campa tequihuajti Dios, niman no itech sa no yejhua Dios yejhuan ompa nosehuia.

23 '¡Lástima para nemejhuamej temachtijquej ican itlanahuatil Dios niman nemejhuamej fariseos, nenomexayacyejquej! On tlajtlamach yejhuan nenquipiaj, se nenquiyaxcatiaj Dios itech on majtlactli. In se ejemplo, nenquiyaxcatiaj se menta, se anís niman se comino. Pero xnenquichihuaj on tlen más hueyi quijtosnequi ipan on temachtilistli yejhuan oncaj ipan on tlanahuatijli campa quijtohua ica nonequi nemohuicasquej ican melajcanemilistli, ican teicnelilistli niman ican tlaneltoctli. In yejhua mechmelahua nenquichihuasquej ihuan on tlen nenquichihuaj. 24 ¡Nemejhuamej nenquitemachtiaj on tlajtlamach yejhuan xnencajsicamatij! Nemejhuamej nenquitemachtiaj on tlajtlamach yejhuan xhueyi quijtosnequi. Pero on yejhuan hueyi quijtosnequi, xnenquichihuaj.

25 '¡Lástima para nemejhuamej temachtijquej ican itlanahuatil Dios niman nemejhuamej fariseos, nenomexayacyejquej! Lástima, pampa nenquichihuaj para ma mechitacan quen sanoyej nencuajcualtin tlacamej, pero nemoyojlo tenticaj ican on tlen nenquitlanij ipan on tlachtecyotl niman ipan on nexicolyotl. 26 Nemejhuamej fariseos nenquitemachtiaj on tlen xnencajsicamatij. Achtopa, tej, xchipahuacan nemoyojlo, niman quemaj nemotlalnacayo no chipahuis.

27 '¡Lástima para nemejhuamej temachtijquej ican itlanahuatil Dios niman nemejhuamej fariseos, nenomexayacyejquej! Lástima, pampa nemijcomej quen on micacajli yejhuan ne camposanto cuajli quistaliaj san para cualtzin tlajtlacha, pero ijtic tenticaj ican micaomimej niman ican nochi tlajtlamach tlen xchipahuac. 28 Ne imixpan on ocsequimej nesi sanoyej nencuajcualtin tlacamej, pero nemojtic tenticaj ican on tlen xmelahuac niman ican tlajtlacojli.

29 '¡Lástima para nemejhuamej temachtijquej ican itlanahuatil Dios niman nemejhuamej fariseos, nenomexayacyejquej! Lástima, pampa nenquinchijchihuiliaj inmicacal on tiotlajtojquej, niman nenquitlatlajmachyotiaj ne campa toctoquej on yejhuan cuajcualtin tlacamej catcaj. 30 Niman nenquijtohuaj: “Tla tejhuamej tinemisquiaj ipan on tonaltin ijcuac onenquej on toachtojtajhuan, xtiquimpalehuisquiaj para quinmictisquiaj on tiotlajtojquej.” 31 San nemopantlantiaj ica nenteconehuan intech on yejhuan oquinmictijquej on tiotlajtojquej. 32 Xtlamican on tlajtlacojli yejhuan opejquej quichihuaj on nemoachtojtajhuan.

33 '¡Cohuamej! ¡Teconehuan intech on cohuamej! ¿Quen ijqui nemomaquixtisquej itech on castigo yejhuan oncaj ne mictlan campa tetlajyohuiltiloyan? 34 Yejhua ica nemechinhuajtitlanilis on tiotlajtojquej, on tlajmatquej, niman on temachtijquej. Pero sequimej nenquinmictisquej, sequimej nenquimajmasohualtisquej ipan cojnepanojli, niman ocsequimej nenquinhuihuitequisquej ne ipan on tiopantin. Niman campa cada pueblo ocsequimej oniyanasquej nencomintejtemosquej para más nenquintlajyohuiltisquej. 35 Yejhua ica, tej, nemejhuamej hebreos nenquiselisquej nochi castigo impampa on cuajcualtin tlacamej yejhuan oquinmictijquej huajpejtoc itech Abel hasta itech Zacarías iconeu Berequías, yejhuan nemejhuamej onenquimictijquej itzajlan on tiopan niman on tlaixpan ne quiahuac. 36 Ica tlen melahuac nemechijlia, ica on hebreos yejhuan aman nemij, quiselisquej nochi on castigo yejhuan hualejticaj intech on yejhuan oquinmictijquej.

Jesús ochocac ipampa Jerusalén

37 '¡Oh nemejhuamej yejhuan nenchantij ne Jerusalén, nemejhuamej nenquinmictiaj on tiotlajtojquej niman nenquintemojmotlaj on yejhuan Dios mechinhuajtitlanilia! ¡Miyecpa onicnec nemechsentlalis quen yejhua on cuanaca quinsentlalia iconehuan itzintlan imajtlapalhuan, pero xonenquinequej! 38 Aman Dios xoc mechpalehuis, yej mechtlalcahuis. 39 Yejhua ica, tej, nemechijlia ica xoc ocsejpa nennechitasquej hasta ajsis on tonajli ijcuac nemejhuamej ijquin nenquijtosquej: “Ma Dios quitiochihua on yejhuan ocuajtitlan para tlamandaros.”

A Warning Against Hypocrisy(A)(B)

23 Then Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples: “The teachers of the law(C) and the Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat. So you must be careful to do everything they tell you. But do not do what they do, for they do not practice what they preach. They tie up heavy, cumbersome loads and put them on other people’s shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to lift a finger to move them.(D)

“Everything they do is done for people to see:(E) They make their phylacteries[a](F) wide and the tassels on their garments(G) long; they love the place of honor at banquets and the most important seats in the synagogues;(H) they love to be greeted with respect in the marketplaces and to be called ‘Rabbi’ by others.(I)

“But you are not to be called ‘Rabbi,’ for you have one Teacher, and you are all brothers. And do not call anyone on earth ‘father,’ for you have one Father,(J) and he is in heaven. 10 Nor are you to be called instructors, for you have one Instructor, the Messiah. 11 The greatest among you will be your servant.(K) 12 For those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.(L)

Seven Woes on the Teachers of the Law and the Pharisees

13 “Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites!(M) 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.(N) [14] [b]

15 “Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You travel over land and sea to win a single convert,(O) and when you have succeeded, you make them twice as much a child of hell(P) as you are.

16 “Woe to you, blind guides!(Q) 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.’(R) 17 You blind fools! Which is greater: the gold, or the temple that makes the gold sacred?(S) 18 You also say, ‘If anyone swears by the altar, it means nothing; but anyone who swears by the gift on the altar is bound by that oath.’ 19 You blind men! Which is greater: the gift, or the altar that makes the gift sacred?(T) 20 Therefore, anyone who swears by the altar swears by it and by everything on it. 21 And anyone who swears by the temple swears by it and by the one who dwells(U) in it. 22 And anyone who swears by heaven swears by God’s throne and by the one who sits on it.(V)

23 “Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You give a tenth(W) of your spices—mint, dill and cumin. But you have neglected the more important matters of the law—justice, mercy and faithfulness.(X) You should have practiced the latter, without neglecting the former. 24 You blind guides!(Y) You strain out a gnat but swallow a camel.

25 “Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and dish,(Z) but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence.(AA) 26 Blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and dish, and then the outside also will be clean.

27 “Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs,(AB) which look beautiful on the outside but on the inside are full of the bones of the dead and everything unclean. 28 In the same way, on the outside you appear to people as righteous but on the inside you are full of hypocrisy and wickedness.

29 “Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You build tombs for the prophets(AC) and decorate the graves of the righteous. 30 And you say, ‘If we had lived in the days of our ancestors, we would not have taken part with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.’ 31 So you testify against yourselves that you are the descendants of those who murdered the prophets.(AD) 32 Go ahead, then, and complete(AE) what your ancestors started!(AF)

33 “You snakes! You brood of vipers!(AG) How will you escape being condemned to hell?(AH) 34 Therefore I am sending you prophets and sages and teachers. Some of them you will kill and crucify;(AI) others you will flog in your synagogues(AJ) and pursue from town to town.(AK) 35 And so upon you will come all the righteous blood that has been shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel(AL) to the blood of Zechariah son of Berekiah,(AM) whom you murdered between the temple and the altar.(AN) 36 Truly I tell you, all this will come on this generation.(AO)

37 “Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you,(AP) how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings,(AQ) and you were not willing. 38 Look, your house is left to you desolate.(AR) 39 For I tell you, you will not see me again until you say, ‘Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.’[c](AS)

Footnotes

  1. Matthew 23:5 That is, boxes containing Scripture verses, worn on forehead and arm
  2. Matthew 23:14 Some manuscripts include here words similar to Mark 12:40 and Luke 20:47.
  3. Matthew 23:39 Psalm 118:26