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


In Context

23 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint, and anise, and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ye ought to have done, and not to leave the others undone.

24 Ye blind guides, who strain out a gnat, and swallow a camel.

25 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess.

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

27 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like whitened sepulchers, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness.

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

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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:26Blind Pharisee, make clean first the inside of the cup and of the dish, that their outside also may become clean.

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 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.