Matthew 23:25-26

Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence. Blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and dish, so that the outside may become clean as well.

Berean Standard Bible, public domain. Read all of Matthew 23 · Words of Christ are set in red.

One song meets this passage

  • “How you gon' win, when you ain't right within?”

    Doo Wop (That Thing) · Lauryn Hill

    resonates with Matthew 23:25-26

    Jesus' critique of outward show without inward cleanliness matches her challenge to men chasing image over character.

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