13 “You religious teachers and Pharisees are hypocrites and will have a bad end, because you’re actually keeping people away from the heavenly kingdom—you don’t enter yourselves, and nor do you allow others to enter.

14 ◘ 15 “You religious teachers and Pharisees are hypocrites and will have a bad end, because you’d travel all the way around the world to make one convert, and then you’d make him twice the son of hell that you are yourselves.

16 “You blind guides will have a bad end. You say that if anyone makes a promise on the temple, it’s worthless, but if they make a promise on the gold in the temple, then they have to honour it. 17 You’re both stupid and blind, because which is greater: the gold, or the temple which makes the gold sacred? 18 And you say that if anyone makes a promise on the altar, it’s worthless, but anyone who makes a promise on the gift on the altar has to honour it. 19 You’re both stupid and blind, because which is greater: the gift, or the altar which makes the gift sacred? 20 Anyone who makes a promise on the altar is bound by both the altar and the things on it. 21 Anyone who makes a promise on the temple is bound by both the temple and God who lives in it. 22 And anyone who makes a promise on heaven is bound by both God’s throne and the one who’s sitting on it.[ref]

23 “You religious teachers and Pharisees are hypocrites and will have a bad end, because you give a tenth of your herbs,[ref] but you ignore the weightier parts of God’s commands, like justice, mercy, and faith. It’s good to tithe, but those other things should also be observed, and not left out. 24 You blind guides! You try to strain out a gnat, and end up swallowing a camel.

25 “You religious teachers and Pharisees are hypocrites and will have a bad end, because you scrub the outsides of your cups and bowls, but the insides are still full of greed and selfishness. 26 You blind Pharisees! First you should clean the inside of your cup or dish, so that the outside can also become clean.

27 “You religious teachers and Pharisees are hypocrites and will have a bad end, because you’re like whitewashed tombs.[ref] On the outside they might look nice, but the insides are full of dead people’s bones and all kinds of impurities, 28 so even though the people might see your godly facade, actually your insides are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.