Matthew 23:28

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

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Jerusalem was Israel’s religious center, where the temple stood and where Jesus delivered his denunciations of the scribes and Pharisees. Its spiritual prominence heightens the force of his warning that outward displays of righteousness can conceal inward hypocrisy and lawlessness.

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Matthew 23:28 mentions Jerusalem.

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