28In the same way, on the outside you appear to people as righteous but on the inside you are full of hypocrisy and wickedness.


In Context

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.

26 Blind 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 dead men's bones and everything unclean.

28 In 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.

30 And you say, 'If we had lived in the days of our forefathers, we would not have taken part with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.'

Matthew 23:28 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

23:28Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

23:28So you also outwardly indeed appear to men just; but inwardly you are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

23:28Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but inwardly ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:28Thus also ye, outwardly ye appear righteous to men, but within are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

23:28Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but inwardly ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:28Thus ye also outwardly appear righteous to men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:28Even so you also outwardly appear righteous to men, but inwardly you are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

23:28so also ye outwardly indeed do appear to men righteous, and within ye are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

23:28Even so you also outwardly appear righteous to men, but within you are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.