Matthew 23:13 (WEB)
“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you devour widows’ houses, and as a pretense you make long prayers. Therefore you will receive greater condemnation.
Fathers and councils · 10
Gregory the Great
“For ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in (Matth. xxiii. 13).” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“…he become an obstacle to such as are journeying to the entrance of the kingdom, after the manner of the Pharisees, who, according to the Master’s voice (Matth. xxiii. 13), neither go in themselves nor suffer others to go in.” — the author cites it
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Augustine of Hippo
“Had He not said many things, and also said, “Woe unto you, Scribes and Pharisees,” and many things besides?” — editor's note: Matt. xxiii. 13.
Read the whole comment“Long while He cried, “Woe unto you, Scribes and Pharisees:” long while He cried, “Woe unto the world because of offences.”” — editor's note: Matt. xxiii. 13, 15, etc.
Read the whole comment““Woe unto you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites!”” — editor's note: Matt. xxiii. 13, 16.
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John Chrysostom
““Woe unto you, for ye shut up the kingdom against men; for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in.”” — editor's note: Matt. xxiii. 13. [See note 1. “Of heaven” is omitted here, but in none of our New Testament authorities.—R.]
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Gregory of Nazianzus
“…foul within, in spite of our external comeliness, or platters outwardly clean, and everything else, which they are, or which is laid to their charge.” — editor's note: S. Matt. xxiii. 13 et seq.
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Catena Aurea on Matthew
- OrigenCatena Aurea on Matthew
Christ is truly the Son of that God Who gave the Law; after the example of the blessings pronounced in the Law, did Himself pronounce the blessings of them that are saved; and also after the cursings of the Law, He…
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By “the kingdom of heaven” is meant the Scriptures, because in them the kingdom of heaven is lodged; the understanding of these is the door. Or “the kingdom of heaven” is the blessedness of heaven, and the door…
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The Pharisees and the Scribes then would neither enter in, nor hear Him who said, “By me if any man enter in he shall be saved;” [John 10:9] nor would they suffer those to enter in, who were able to have believed…
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Cross-references · 14
Parallel passages
Matthew 23:13 and Luke 11:44 share the same wording (9 words).
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Cited together in The Book of Pastoral Rule I.10.
Cited together in Origen on Matthew 23:13 (2) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Epistles, Books I–VIII VII.5.
Cited together in Epistles, Books I–VIII VII.5.
Cited together in Epistles, Books I–VIII VII.5.
Cited together in Epistles, Books I–VIII VII.5.
Cited together in Epistles, Books I–VIII VII.5.
Cited together in Epistles, Books I–VIII VII.5.
Cited together in Epistles, Books I–VIII VII.5.
Cited together in Epistles, Books I–VIII VII.5.
Cited together in Epistles, Books I–VIII VII.5.
Cited together in Epistles, Books I–VIII VII.5.
Cited together in Epistles, Books I–VIII VII.5.
