Matthew 23:27
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Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites; because you are like to whited sepulchres, which outwardly appear to men beautiful but within are full of dead men's bones and of all filthiness.

like.

Isaiah 58:1,2 Cry, cease not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and shew my people their wicked doings, and the house of Jacob their sins. . . .

Luke 11:44 Woe to you, because you are as sepulchres that appear not: and men that walk over are not aware.

Acts 23:3 Then Paul said to him: God shall strike thee, thou whited wall. For, sittest thou to judge me according to the law and, contrary to the law, commandest me to be struck?

sepulchres.

Numbers 19:16 If any man in the field touch the corpse of a man that was slain, or that died of himself, or his bone, or his grave, he shall be unclean seven days.

Context
Woes to Scribes and Pharisees
26Thou blind Pharisee, first make clean the inside of the cup and of the dish, that the outside may become clean. 27Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites; because you are like to whited sepulchres, which outwardly appear to men beautiful but within are full of dead men's bones and of all filthiness. 28So you also outwardly indeed appear to men just: but inwardly you are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.…
Cross References
Proverbs 26:23
Swelling lips joined with a corrupt heart, are like an earthern vessel adorned with silver dross.

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

Luke 11:44
Woe to you, because you are as sepulchres that appear not: and men that walk over are not aware.

Acts 23:3
Then Paul said to him: God shall strike thee, thou whited wall. For, sittest thou to judge me according to the law and, contrary to the law, commandest me to be struck?

Galatians 6:12
For as many as desire to please in the flesh, they constrain you to be circumcised, only that they may not suffer the persecution of the cross of Christ.

Lexicon
Woe
Οὐαὶ (Ouai)
Interjection
Strong's Greek 3759: Woe!, alas!, uttered in grief or denunciation. A primary exclamation of grief; 'woe'.

to you,
ὑμῖν (hymin)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 2nd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.

scribes
γραμματεῖς (grammateis)
Noun - Vocative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 1122: From gramma. A writer, i.e. scribe or secretary.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 2532: And, even, also, namely.

Pharisees,
Φαρισαῖοι (Pharisaioi)
Noun - Vocative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 5330: Of Hebrew origin; a separatist, i.e. Exclusively religious; a Pharisean, i.e. Jewish sectary.

you hypocrites!
ὑποκριταί (hypokritai)
Noun - Vocative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 5273: From hupokrinomai; an actor under an assumed character, i.e. a dissembler

You are like
παρομοιάζετε (paromoiazete)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 2nd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 3945: To resemble, be like. From paromoios; to resemble.

whitewashed
κεκονιαμένοις (kekoniamenois)
Verb - Perfect Participle Middle or Passive - Dative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 2867: To whitewash, plaster over. From konia; to whitewash.

tombs,
τάφοις (taphois)
Noun - Dative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 5028: A burial-place, sepulcher, tomb, grave. Masculine from thapto; a grave.

which
οἵτινες (hoitines)
Personal / Relative Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 3748: Whosoever, whichsoever, whatsoever.

look
φαίνονται (phainontai)
Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 5316: Prolongation for the base of phos; to lighten, i.e. Show.

beautiful
ὡραῖοι (hōraioi)
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 5611: Fair, beautiful, blooming. From hora; belonging to the right hour or season, i.e. flourishing (figuratively).

on the outside,
ἔξωθεν (exōthen)
Adverb
Strong's Greek 1855: (a) from outside, from without, (b) outside, both as adj. and prep; with article: the outside. From exo; external(-ly).

but
δὲ (de)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 1161: A primary particle; but, and, etc.

on the inside
ἔσωθεν (esōthen)
Adverb
Strong's Greek 2081: From eso; from inside; also used as equivalent to eso.

are full
γέμουσιν (gemousin)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 1073: To be full of. A primary verb; to swell out, i.e. Be full.

of dead [men’s]
νεκρῶν (nekrōn)
Adjective - Genitive Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 3498: (a) adj: dead, lifeless, subject to death, mortal, (b) noun: a dead body, a corpse. From an apparently primary nekus; dead.

bones
ὀστέων (osteōn)
Noun - Genitive Neuter Plural
Strong's Greek 3747: A bone. Or contracted ostoun of uncertain affinity; a bone.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 2532: And, even, also, namely.

every
πάσης (pasēs)
Adjective - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 3956: All, the whole, every kind of. Including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole.

impurity.
ἀκαθαρσίας (akatharsias)
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 167: Uncleanness, impurity. From akathartos; impurity, physically or morally.


Additional Translations
Woe 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 impurity.

Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like tombs having been whitewashed, which indeed outwardly appear beautiful, but inside they are full of bones of the dead, and of all impurity.

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

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

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.

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

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.

"Alas for you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for you are just like whitewashed sepulchres, the outside of which pleases the eye, though inside they are full of dead men's bones and of all that is unclean.

"Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitened tombs, which outwardly appear beautiful, but inwardly are full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness.

'Woe to you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye are like to whitewashed sepulchres, which outwardly indeed do appear beautiful, and within are full of bones of dead men, and of all uncleanness;
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