26Blind Pharisee, make clean first the inside of the cup and of the dish, that their outside also may become clean.


In Context

23 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for ye pay tithes of mint and anise and cummin, and ye have left aside the weightier matters of the law, judgment and mercy and faith: these ye ought to have done and not have left those aside.

24 Blind guides, who strain out the gnat, but drink down the camel.

25 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the dish, but within they are full of rapine and intemperance.

26 Blind Pharisee, make clean first the inside of the cup and of the dish, that their outside also may become clean.

27 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for ye are like whited sepulchres, which appear beautiful outwardly, but within are full of dead men's bones and all uncleanness.

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

Matthew 23:26 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

23:26[Thou] blind Pharisee, cleanse first that [which is] within the cup and platter, that the outside of them may be clean also.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

23:26Blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and dish, and then the outside also will be clean.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

23:26Thou blind Pharisee, first make clean the inside of the cup and of the dish, that the outside may become clean.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

23:26Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first the inside of the cup and of the platter, that the outside thereof may become clean also.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

23:26Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first the inside of the cup and of the platter, that the outside thereof may become clean also.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:26Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first that which is within the cup and platter, that the outside of them may be clean also.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:26You blind Pharisee, first clean the inside of the cup and of the platter, that its outside may become clean also.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

23:26'Blind Pharisee! cleanse first the inside of the cup and the plate, that the outside of them also may become clean.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

23:26You blind Pharisee, cleanse first that which is within the cup and platter, that the outside of them may be clean also.