A Warning Against Hypocrisy
1Then Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples: 2“The teachers of the law and the Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat. 3So 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. 4They 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.
5“Everything they do is done for people to see: They make their phylacteries23:5 That is, boxes containing Scripture verses, worn on forehead and arm wide and the tassels on their garments long; 6they love the place of honor at banquets and the most important seats in the synagogues; 7they love to be greeted with respect in the marketplaces and to be called ‘Rabbi’ by others.
8“But you are not to be called ‘Rabbi,’ for you have one Teacher, and you are all brothers. 9And do not call anyone on earth ‘father,’ for you have one Father, and he is in heaven. 10Nor are you to be called instructors, for you have one Instructor, the Messiah. 11The greatest among you will be your servant. 12For those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.
Seven Woes on the Teachers of the Law and the Pharisees
13“Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! 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. 1423:14 Some manuscripts include here words similar to Mark 12:40 and Luke 20:47.
15“Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You travel over land and sea to win a single convert, and when you have succeeded, you make them twice as much a child of hell as you are.
16“Woe to you, blind guides! 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.’ 17You blind fools! Which is greater: the gold, or the temple that makes the gold sacred? 18You 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.’ 19You blind men! Which is greater: the gift, or the altar that makes the gift sacred? 20Therefore, anyone who swears by the altar swears by it and by everything on it. 21And anyone who swears by the temple swears by it and by the one who dwells in it. 22And anyone who swears by heaven swears by God’s throne and by the one who sits on it.
23“Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You give a tenth of your spices—mint, dill and cumin. But you have neglected the more important matters of the law—justice, mercy and faithfulness. You should have practiced the latter, without neglecting the former. 24You blind guides! 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, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence. 26Blind 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, which look beautiful on the outside but on the inside are full of the bones of the dead and everything unclean. 28In 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 and decorate the graves of the righteous. 30And 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.’ 31So you testify against yourselves that you are the descendants of those who murdered the prophets. 32Go ahead, then, and complete what your ancestors started!
33“You snakes! You brood of vipers! How will you escape being condemned to hell? 34Therefore I am sending you prophets and sages and teachers. Some of them you will kill and crucify; others you will flog in your synagogues and pursue from town to town. 35And so upon you will come all the righteous blood that has been shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah son of Berekiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar. 36Truly I tell you, all this will come on this generation.
37“Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you were not willing. 38Look, your house is left to you desolate. 39For I tell you, you will not see me again until you say, ‘Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.’23:39 Psalm 118:26”
Nyaatwomyɛ Ho Kɔkɔbɔ
1Afei, Yesu ka kyerɛɛ nnipadɔm no ne nʼasuafo no se, 2“Kyerɛwsɛm no Akyerɛkyerɛfo ne Farisifo no na wɔkyerɛ Mose mmara no ase. 3Eyi nti, ɛsɛ sɛ mutie wɔn, na moyɛ biribiara a wɔkyerɛ mo. Nanso monnyɛ nea wɔyɛ no bi efisɛ nea wɔka no, ɛnyɛ ɛno na wɔyɛ. 4Wɔhyɛ mo ma mudi mmara a ɛyɛ den so a wɔn ankasa mpɛ sɛ wodi so.
5“Biribiara a wɔyɛ no yɛ ɔyɛkyerɛ. Wɔde sɛbɛ a kyerɛw nsɛm bi hyɛ mu sɛn wɔn nsa, hyɛ ntade yuu kyerɛ sɛ wɔyɛ atreneefo. 6Na wɔkɔ aponto ase nso a, wɔpɛ sɛ daa wɔtena mpanyin tenabea; wɔkɔ asɔre nso a wɔpɛ sɛ wɔtena mpanyin tenabea pa. 7Sɛ wode obu kyia wɔn wɔ abɔnten so na wofrɛ wɔn ‘Rabi’ anaa ‘Owura’ a ɛyɛ wɔn dɛ.
8“Mommma obiara mmfrɛ mo sa. Efisɛ Onyankopɔn nko ara na ɔyɛ Owura. Mo nyinaa moyɛ pɛ sɛ anuanom. 9Mommfrɛ obiara wɔ asase so ha sɛ ‘Agya,’ efisɛ Onyankopɔn a ɔwɔ ɔsoro no nko ara na ɛsɛ sɛ wɔfrɛ no saa. 10Na mommma wɔmmfrɛ mo ‘Owura,’ efisɛ ɔbaako pɛ na ɔyɛ mo wura a ɔne Agyenkwa no. 11Wobrɛ wo ho ase som afoforo a, wobɛyɛ ɔkɛse. Wopɛ sɛ woyɛ ɔkɛse a, yɛ ɔsomfo. 12Na obiara a ɔbɛma ne ho so no, wɔbɛbrɛ no ase; saa ara nso na obiara a ɔbɛbrɛ ne ho ase no, wɔbɛma no so.
Yesu Kasa Tia Nyaatwomyɛ
13“Munnue! Mo Farisifo ne Kyerɛwsɛm no akyerɛkyerɛfo nyaatwomfo, efisɛ musiw afoforo Ɔsoro Ahenni ho kwan. Mo a, monkɔ mu. Mo nso a, momma afoforo a wɔpɛ sɛ wɔkɔ mu no kwan. 14Nyaatwomfo! Mobɔ mpae atenten wɔ mmɔnten so de kyerɛ sɛ moyɛ atreneefo wɔ bere a mutu akunafo fi wɔn afi mu.
15“Munnue! Mo Farisifo ne Kyerɛwsɛm no akyerɛkyerɛfo nyaatwomfo! Mokɔ wiase afanan nyinaa sɛ mubenya onipa baako abɛfra mo mu. Na sɛ munya obi saa a, mosɛe no ma ɔyɛ ɔbonsam ba sen sɛnea mote no.
16“Munnue! Akwankyerɛfo anifuraefo a moka se, sɛ obi de asɔredan ka ntam a, ɛno de, ɛnyɛ hwee. Na sɛ ɔde sikakɔkɔɔ a ɛwɔ asɔredan no mu ka ntam de a, ɛno de, ntam no kyekyere onii no. 17Anifuraefo nkwaseafo! Asɔredan no ne emu sikakɔkɔɔ no mu nea ɛwɔ he na ɛsom bo; sikakɔkɔɔ no anaa asɔredan no a ɛtew sikakɔkɔɔ no ho no? 18Na moka se, ‘Sɛ obi ka afɔremuka no ntam a, ɛnyɛ hwee. Na mmom, sɛ ɔka ayɛyɛde a egu afɔremuka no so ntam de a, ɛkyekye onii! no’ 19Anifuraefo! Afɔremuka a ɛtew ayɛyɛde a egu so no ho no, ne ayɛyɛde a egu so no mu nea ɛwɔ he na ɛsom bo? 20Sɛ woka afɔremuka no ntam a, woka afɔremuka no ne ɛso ayɛyɛde no nyinaa ntam, 21na sɛ woka asɔredan no ntam a, woka asɔredan no ne Onyankopɔn a ɔte mu no nyinaa ntam. 22Na sɛ woka ɔsoro ntam a, na woreka Onyankopɔn ahengua ne Onyankopɔn no ankasa ntam.
23“Munnue! Mo Farisifo ne Kyerɛwsɛm no akyerɛkyerɛfo nyaatwomfo! Muyi ntotoso du du wɔ afifide a ɛwɔ mo mfikyifuw mu no ho, nanso mugyaw nneɛma a ɛsom bo te sɛ atɛntrenee, ahummɔbɔ ne nokwaredi. Ɛwɔ mu sɛ ɛsɛ sɛ muyiyi ntotoso du du no de, nanso ɛnsɛ sɛ mugyaw nneɛma a ɛsom bo no. 24Akwankyerɛfo anifuraefo! Mosɔn nea monom so, yi mu nwansena nanso momene yoma!
25“Munnue! Mo Farisifo ne Kyerɛwsɛm no akyerɛkyerɛfo nyaatwomfo! Mutwiw mo kuruwa ne mo asanka ho fɛfɛɛfɛ nanso emu no de, amim ne pɛsɛmenkominya ahyɛ no ma tɔ. 26Farisifo anifuraefo! Muntwiw kuruwa no mu kan, na kuruwa no ho nyinaa bɛtew!
27“Munnue! Mo Farisifo ne Kyerɛwsɛm no akyerɛkyerɛfo! Mote sɛ ɔda a wɔasra ho fɛfɛɛfɛ nanso awufo nnompe ne nneɛma funu ahyɛ mu ma tɔ. 28Moyɛ mo anim sɛ atreneefo, nanso bɔne ahorow ahyɛ mo mu ma tɔ.
29“Munnue! Mo Farisifo ne Kyerɛwsɛm no akyerɛkyerɛfo nyaatwomfo! Musisi ada akɛse ma adiyifo a mo ara mo agyanom kunkum wɔn, na mode nhwiren gugu atreneefo a wokunkum wɔn no nna so, 30na mutwa mo ho ka se, ‘Sɛ na yɛte ase saa bere no a, anka yɛrenyɛ bɔne a yɛn agyanom yɛe no.’ 31Sɛ moka saa a, mubu mo ho fɔ sɛ moyɛ atirimɔdenfo mma. 32Munni wɔn anammɔn akyi nyɛ saa bɔne koro no ara bi pɛpɛɛpɛ.
33“Awɔ! Nhurutoa mma! Mobɛyɛ dɛn aguan amanehunu gya mu atemmu no? 34Mɛsoma adiyifo ne anyansafo ne akyerɛkyerɛfo aba mo nkyɛn. Mobɛbɔ wɔn mu bi asennua mu akum wɔn. Mobɛbɔ ebinom akyi mmaa wɔ mo asɔredan mu, na moataa bi afi nkurow so akɔ nkurow so. 35Na atreneefo mogya a moahwie agu asase so nyinaa, efi Habel so de kosi Barakia ba Sakaria a mukum no asɔredan ne afɔremuka ntam no, bɛba mo so. 36Mereka akyerɛ mo se, atemmu a wɔaboaboa ano no nyinaa bɛba nnɛmma yi so.
37“Ao Yerusalem, Yerusalem, wo a wukum adiyifo, na wusiw wɔn a wɔasoma wɔn wo nkyɛn abo, mpɛn ahe na anka mepɛɛ sɛ meboaboa wo mma ano, sɛnea akokɔbeatan boaboa ne mma ano wɔ ne ntaban ase, nanso moampɛ! 38Wobegyaw mo fi ofituw ama mo. 39Na mise mo sɛ, efi sesɛɛ morenhu me bio kosi sɛ mobɛka se, ‘Nhyira ne nea ɔnam Awurade din mu reba no.’ ”
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