Matthew 23:27 meaning and explanation
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside, but on the inside are full of dead men’s bones and every kind of impurity.
Matthew 23:27, Berean Standard Bible
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Jesus is speaking to the crowds and his disciples about the scribes and Pharisees during his final week in Jerusalem. Tombs were whitewashed so people could see and avoid them, since touching a grave brought ritual defilement under the law.
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