Matthew 23:27
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"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.
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Get a full Reformed explanation of this passageJerusalem was Israel’s religious and political center, home to the temple and its leading authorities. In this setting Jesus rebukes scribes and Pharisees for outward religious appearance without inward righteousness, using the image of whitewashed tombs—especially potent in a city concerned with ritual purity.
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