Matthew 23:28 “In the same way, on the outside you appear to be righteous, but on the…”

Matthew 23:28

In the same way, on the outside you appear to be righteous, but on the inside you are full of hypocrisy and wickedness.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.

World English Bible

Even so you also outwardly appear righteous to men, but inwardly you are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.

American Standard Version

Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but inwardly ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.

Geneva Bible 1599

So are ye also: for outwarde ye appeare righteous vnto men, but within ye are full of hypocrisie and iniquitie.

Darby Translation

Thus also ye, outwardly ye appear righteous to men, but within are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.

Young's Literal Translation

so also ye outwardly indeed do appear to men righteous, and within ye are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.

Bible in Basic English

Even so you seem to men to be full of righteousness, but inside you are all false and full of wrongdoing.

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Cross references

“ye also”

Luke 16:15 Matthew 23:5 Psalm 51:6 1 Samuel 16:7 Jeremiah 17:9 Jeremiah 17:10

Luke 16:15 · BSB

So He said to them, “You are the ones who justify yourselves before men, but God knows your hearts. For what is prized among men is detestable before God.

Matthew 23:5 · BSB

All their deeds are done for men to see. They broaden their phylacteries and lengthen their tassels.

Psalm 51:6 · BSB

Surely You desire truth in the inmost being; You teach me wisdom in the inmost place.

1 Samuel 16:7 · BSB

But the LORD said to Samuel, “Do not consider his appearance or height, for I have rejected him; the LORD does not see as man does. For man sees the outward appearance, but the LORD sees the heart.”

Jeremiah 17:9 · BSB

The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?

Jeremiah 17:10 · BSB

I, the LORD, search the heart; I examine the mind to reward a man according to his way, by what his deeds deserve.

“but”

Mark 7:21–23 Matthew 12:34 Matthew 12:35 Matthew 15:19 Matthew 15:20

Mark 7:21–23 · BSB

For from within the hearts of men come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery,

Matthew 12:34 · BSB

You brood of vipers, how can you who are evil say anything good? For out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks.

Matthew 12:35 · BSB

The good man brings good things out of his good store of treasure, and the evil man brings evil things out of his evil store of treasure.

Matthew 15:19 · BSB

For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, and slander.

Matthew 15:20 · BSB

These are what defile a man, but eating with unwashed hands does not defile him.”

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

27Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside but on the inside are full of dead men’s bones and every kind of impurity.

29Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You build tombs for the prophets and decorate the monuments of the righteous.

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