MATTHEW 23

Matthew 23 Outline

  • "Do Not Do The Works Of The Pharisees" (v1-12)
  • "Woe To You Scribes & Pharisees" (v13-36)
  • "O Jerusalem! How I Wanted To Gather Your Children" (v37-39)

Key Verse: Matthew 23:25Information Icon

Matthew 23:25 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you clean the outside of the cup and the plate, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence. (ESV)

Matthew 23

1 Then Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples, 2 “The scribes and the Pharisees sit on Moses’ seat, 3 so do and observe whatever they tell you, but not the works they do. For they preach, but do not practice. 4 They tie up heavy burdens, hard to bear, and lay them on people’s shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to move them with their finger. 5 They do all their deeds to be seen by others. For they make their phylacteries broad and their fringes long, 6 and they love the place of honor at feasts and the best seats in the synagogues 7 and greetings in the marketplaces and being called rabbi by others. 8 But you are not to be called rabbi, for you have one teacher, and you are all brothers. 9 And call no man your father on earth, for you have one Father, who is in heaven. 10 Neither be called instructors, for you have one instructor, the Christ. 11 The greatest among you shall be your servant. 12 Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.

13 “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. 15 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you travel across sea and land to make a single proselyte, and when he becomes a proselyte, you make him twice as much a child of hell as yourselves.

16 “Woe to you, blind guides, who say, ‘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 the 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 the gift that is on the altar, he is bound by his oath.’ 19 You blind men! For which is greater, the gift or the 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 him who dwells in it. 22 And whoever swears by heaven swears by the throne of God and by him who sits upon it.

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

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

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

29 “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 sons of those who murdered the prophets. 32 Fill up, then, the measure of your fathers. 33 You serpents, you brood of vipers, how are you to escape being sentenced to hell? 34 Therefore I send you prophets and wise men and scribes, some of whom you will kill and crucify, and some you will flog in your synagogues and persecute from town to town, 35 so that on you may come all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah the son of Barachiah, whom you murdered between the sanctuary and the altar. 36 Truly, I say to you, all these things will come upon this generation.

37 “O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it! How often would I have gathered your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you were not willing! 38 See, your house is left to you desolate. 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.’”

(ESV)

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Book: Matthew

Chapter: 23 of 28 Chapters

Author: Matthew

Written In: Greek

Year Written: 43 A.D.

Year Events Occurred: 31 A.D.

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Passion Week

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Sunday: Nisan 10

Matthew 21:1-9

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Mark 11:1-11

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Luke 19:28-44

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John 12:12-19

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Monday: Nisan 11

Matthew 21:12-22

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Mark 11:12-26

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Luke 19:45-48

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Tuesday: Nisan 12

Matthew 21:23-26:5

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Mark 11:27-14:2

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Luke 20:1-22:1

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Wednesday: Nisan 13

Matthew 26:6-16

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Mark 14:3-11

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Luke 22:1-6

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John 12:2-8

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Thursday: Nisan 14

Matthew 26:17-35

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Mark 14:12-31

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Luke 22:7-38

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John 13:1-30

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Friday: Nisan 15

Matthew 26:36-27:61

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Mark 14:32-15:47

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Luke 22:39-23:56

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John 13:31-19:42

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Saturday: Nisan 16

Matthew 27:62-66

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Ephesians 4:8-10

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1 Peter 3:18-20

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Sunday: Nisan 17

Matthew 28:1-15

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Mark 16:1-14

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Luke 24:1-49

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John 20:1-23

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2348 B.C.

Worldwide Flood

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63 B.C.

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4 B.C.

Birth of Jesus

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14 A.D.

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29 A.D.

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Jesus Begins His Ministry

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31 A.D.

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32 A.D.

Jesus Crucified & Resurrected

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Holy Spirit Poured Out On Disciples

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35 A.D.

Stephen Martyred

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36 A.D.

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38 A.D.

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43 A.D.

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44 A.D.

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45 A.D.

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48 A.D.

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50 A.D.

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51 A.D.

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52 A.D.

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53 A.D.

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54 A.D.

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57 A.D.

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58 A.D.

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59 A.D.

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62 A.D.

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Matthew 23:35 quotes 
2 Chronicles 24:21

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2 Chronicles 24:21

2 Chronicles 24:21 But they conspired against him, and by command of the king they stoned him with stones in the court of the house of the LORD. (ESV)

BIBLE GUIDE2 CHRONICLES 24

Quotation

Matthew 23:35

so that on you may come all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah the son of Barachiah, whom you murdered between the sanctuary and the altar. (ESV)

Matthew 23:35 quotes Genesis 4:8

Source

Genesis 4:8

Cain spoke to Abel his brother. And when they were in the field, Cain rose up against his brother Abel and killed him. (ESV)

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Quotation

Matthew 23:35

so that on you may come all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah the son of Barachiah, whom you murdered between the sanctuary and the altar. (ESV)

Matthew 23:39 quotes Psalm 118:26

Source

Psalm 118:26

Blessed is he who comes in the name of the LORD! We bless you from the house of the LORD. (ESV)

BIBLE GUIDEPSALMS 118

Quotation

Matthew 23:39

For I tell you, you will not see me again, until you say, ‘Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.’” (ESV)