^{23 Ref} "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint, dill, and cumin,{ cumin is an aromatic seed from Cuminum cyminum, resembling caraway in flavor and appearance. It is used as a spice.} and have left undone the weightier matters of the law: justice, mercy, and faith. But you ought to have done these, and not to have left the other undone.

^{24 Ref} You blind guides, who strain out a gnat, and swallow a camel!

^{25 Ref} "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and unrighteousness.{TR reads "self-indulgence" instead of "unrighteousness"}

^{26 Ref} You blind Pharisee, first clean the inside of the cup and of the platter, that the outside of it may become clean also.

^{27 Ref} "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitened tombs, which outwardly appear beautiful, but inwardly are full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness.

^{28 Ref} Even so you also outwardly appear righteous to men, but inwardly you are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.

^{29 Ref} "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you build the tombs of the prophets, and decorate the tombs of the righteous,