Matthew Chapter 23
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Then came to him the mother of the sons of Zebedee with her sons, worshipping
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him, and asking a certain thing of him.
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And he said unto her, What wouldest thou? She saith unto him, Command that these my two sons may sit, one on thy right hand, and one on thy left hand, in thy kingdom.
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But Jesus answered and said, Ye know not what ye ask. Are ye able to drink the cup that I am about to drink? They say unto him, We are able.
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He saith unto them, My cup indeed ye shall drink: but to sit on my right hand, and on
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my left hand, is not mine to give; but
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it is for them for whom it hath been prepared of my Father.
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And when the ten heard it, they were moved with indignation concerning the two brethren.
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But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Ye know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them.
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Not so shall it be among you: but whosoever would become great among you shall be your minister;
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and whosoever would be first among you shall be your servant:
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even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.
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And as they went out from Jericho, a great multitude followed him.
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And behold, two blind men sitting by the way side, when they heard that Jesus was passing by, cried out, saying, Lord, have mercy on us, thou son of David.
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And the multitude rebuked them, that they should hold their peace: but they cried out the more, saying, Lord, have mercy on us, thou son of David.
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And Jesus stood still, and called them, and said, What will ye that I should do unto you?
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They say unto him, Lord, that our eyes may be opened.
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And Jesus, being moved with compassion, touched their eyes; and straightway they received their sight, and followed him.
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And when they drew nigh unto Jerusalem, and came unto Bethphage, unto the mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples,
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saying unto them, Go into the village that is over against you, and straightway ye shall find an ass tied, and a colt with her: loose
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them, and bring
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them unto me.
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And if any one say aught unto you, ye shall say, The Lord hath need of them; and straightway he will send them.
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Now this is come to pass, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophet, saying,
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Tell ye the daughter of Zion,
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Behold, thy King cometh unto thee,
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Meek, and riding upon an ass,
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And upon a colt the foal of an ass.
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And the disciples went, and did even as Jesus appointed them,
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and brought the ass, and the colt, and put on them their garments; and he sat thereon.
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And the most part of the multitude spread their garments in the way; and others cut branches from the trees, and spread them in the way.
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And the multitudes that went before him, and that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna to the son of David: Blessed
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is he that cometh in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest.
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And when he was come into Jerusalem, all the city was stirred, saying, Who is this?
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And the multitudes said, This is the prophet, Jesus, from Nazareth of Galilee.
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And Jesus entered into the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the money-changers, and the seats of them that sold the doves;
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and he saith unto them, It is written, My house shall be called a house of prayer: but ye make it a den of robbers.
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And the blind and the lame came to him in the temple; and he healed them.
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But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the children that were crying in the temple and saying, Hosanna to the son of David; they were moved with indignation,
darby (darby) - eBible.org Darby 1890 plaintext
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Then Jesus spoke to the crowds and to his disciples,
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saying, The scribes and the Pharisees have set themselves down in Moses' seat:
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all things therefore, whatever they may tell you, do and keep. But do not after their works, for they say and do not,
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but bind burdens heavy and hard to bear, and lay them on the shoulders of men, but will not move them with their finger.
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And all their works they do to be seen of men: for they make broad their phylacteries and enlarge the borders [of their garments],
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and love the chief place in feasts and the first seats in the synagogues,
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and salutations in the market-places, and to be called of men, Rabbi, Rabbi.
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But ye, be not ye called Rabbi; for one is your instructor, and all ye are brethren.
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And call not [any one] your father upon the earth; for one is your Father, he who is in the heavens.
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Neither be called instructors, for one is your instructor, the Christ.
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But the greatest of you shall be your servant.
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And whoever shall exalt himself shall be humbled, and whoever shall humble himself shall be exalted.
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But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for ye shut up the kingdom of the heavens before men; for ye do not enter, nor do ye suffer those that are entering to go in.
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Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for ye compass the sea and the dry [land] to make one proselyte, and when he is become [such], ye make him twofold more [the] son of hell than yourselves.
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Woe to you, blind guides, who say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor.
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Fools and blind, for which is greater, the gold, or the temple which sanctifies the gold?
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And, Whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gift that is upon it is a debtor.
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[Fools and] blind ones, for which is greater, the gift, or the altar which sanctifies the gift?
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He therefore that swears by the altar swears by it and by all things that are upon it.
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And he that swears by the temple swears by it and by him that dwells in it.
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And he that swears by heaven swears by the throne ofGod and by him that sits upon it.
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Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for ye pay tithes of mint and anise and cummin, and ye have left aside the weightier matters of the law, judgment and mercy and faith: these ye ought to have done and not have left those aside.
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Blind guides, who strain out the gnat, but drink down the camel.
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Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the dish, but within they are full of rapine and intemperance.
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Blind Pharisee, make clean first the inside of the cup and of the dish, that their outside also may become clean.
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Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for ye are like whited sepulchres, which appear beautiful outwardly, but within are full of dead men's bones and all uncleanness.
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Thus also ye, outwardly ye appear righteous to men, but within are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.
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Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for ye build the sepulchres of the prophets and adorn the tombs of the just,
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and ye say, If we had been in the days of our fathers we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.
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So that ye bear witness of yourselves that ye are sons of those who slew the prophets:
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and ye, fill ye up the measure of your fathers.
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Serpents, offspring of vipers, how should ye escape the judgment of hell?
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Therefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes; and [some] of them ye will kill and crucify, and [some] of them ye will scourge in your synagogues, and will persecute from city to city;
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so that all righteous blood shed upon the earth should come upon you, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar.
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Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation.
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Jerusalem, Jerusalem, [the city] that kills the prophets and stones those that are sent unto her, how often would I have gathered thy children as a hen gathers her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!
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Behold, your house is left unto you desolate;
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for I say unto you, Ye shall in no wise see me henceforth until ye say, Blessed [be] he that comes in the name of [the] Lord.
vul1914 (vul1914) - Vulgate 1914 UTF-8 (sacredbible.org)
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Tunc Iesus locutus est ad turbas, et ad discipulos suos,
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dicens: Super cathedram Moysi sederunt Scribæ, et Pharisæi.
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Omnia ergo quæcumque dixerint vobis, servate, et facite: secundum opera vero eorum nolite facere: dicunt enim, et non faciunt.
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Alligant enim onera gravia, et importabilia, et imponunt in humeros hominum: digito autem suo nolunt ea movere.
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Omnia vero opera sua faciunt ut videantur ab hominibus: dilatant enim phylacteria sua, et magnificant fimbrias.
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Amant autem primos recubitus in cœnis, et primas cathedras in synagogis,
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et salutationes in foro, et vocari ab hominibus Rabbi.
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Vos autem nolite vocari Rabbi. unus est enim Magister vester, omnes autem vos fratres estis.
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Et patrem nolite vocare vobis super terram: unus est enim Pater vester, qui in cælis est.
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Nec vocemini magistri: quia Magister vester unus est, Christus.
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Qui maior est vestrum, erit minister vester.
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Qui autem se exaltaverit, humiliabitur: et qui se humiliaverit, exaltabitur.
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Væ autem vobis Scribæ, et Pharisæi hypocritæ: quia clauditis regnum cælorum ante homines. vos enim non intratis, nec introeuntes sinitis intrare.
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Væ vobis Scribæ, et Pharisæi hypocritæ: quia comeditis domos viduarum, orationes longas orantes: propter hoc amplius accipietis iudicium.
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Væ vobis Scribæ, et Pharisæi hypocritæ: quia circuitis mare, et aridam, ut faciatis unum proselytum: et cum fuerit factus, facitis eum filium gehennæ duplo quam vos.
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Væ vobis duces cæci, qui dicitis: Quicumque iuraverit per templum, nihil est: qui autem iuraverit in auro templi, debet.
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Stulti et cæci: Quid enim maius est, aurum, an templum, quod sanctificat aurum?
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Et quicumque iuraverit in altari, nihil est: quicumque autem iuraverit in dono, quod est super illud, debet.
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Cæci: quid enim maius est, donum, an altare, quod sanctificat donum?
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Qui ergo iurat in altari, iurat in eo, et in omnibus quæ super illud sunt.
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et quicumque iuraverit in templo, iurat in illo, et in eo, qui habitat in ipso:
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et qui iurat in cælo, iurat in throno Dei, et in eo, qui sedet super eum.
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Væ vobis Scribæ, et Pharisæi hypocritæ: qui decimatis mentham, et anethum, et cyminum, et reliquistis quæ graviora sunt legis, iudicium, et misericordiam, et fidem. hæc oportuit facere, et illa non omittere.
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Duces cæci, excolantes culicem, camelum autem glutientes.
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Væ vobis Scribæ, et Pharisæi hypocritæ, quia mundatis quod deforis est calicis, et paropsidis: intus autem pleni estis rapina, et immunditia.
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Pharisæe cæce, munda prius quod intus est calicis, et paropsidis, ut fiat id, quod deforis est, mundum.
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Væ vobis Scribæ, et Pharisæi hypocritæ: quia similes estis sepulchris dealbatis, quæ aforis parent hominibus speciosa, intus vero pleni sunt ossibus mortuorum, et omni spurcitia.
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sic et vos aforis quidem paretis hominibus iusti: intus autem pleni estis hypocrisi, et iniquitate.
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Væ vobis Scribæ, et Pharisæi hypocritæ, qui ædificatis sepulchra prophetarum, et ornatis monumenta iustorum,
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et dicitis: Si fuissemus in diebus patrum nostrorum, non essemus socii eorum in sanguine prophetarum.
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itaque testimonio estis vobismetipsis, quia filii estis eorum, qui prophetas occiderunt.
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Et vos implete mensuram patrum vestrorum.
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Serpentes genimina viperarum, quomodo fugietis a iudicio gehennæ?
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Ideo ecce ego mitto ad vos prophetas, et sapientes, et scribas, et ex illis occidetis, et crucifigetis, et ex eis flagellabitis in synagogis vestris, et persequemini de civitate in civitatem:
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ut veniat super vos omnis sanguis iustus, qui effusus est super terram, a sanguine Abel iusti usque ad sanguinem Zachariæ, filii Barachiæ, quem occidistis inter templum et altare.
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Amen dico vobis, venient hæc omnia super generationem istam.
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Ierusalem Ierusalem, quæ occidis prophetas, et lapidas eos, qui ad te missi sunt, quoties volui congregare filios tuos, quemadmodum gallina congregat pullos suos sub alas, et noluisti?
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Ecce relinquetur vobis domus vestra deserta.
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Dico enim vobis, non me videbitis amodo, donec dicatis: Benedictus, qui venit in nomine Domini.
web (web) - WorldEnglish.Bible — CC0 modern update of ASV
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Then Jesus spoke to the multitudes and to his disciples,
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saying, “The scribes and the Pharisees sit on Moses’ seat.
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All things therefore whatever they tell you to observe, observe and do, but don’t do their works; for they say, and don’t do.
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For they bind heavy burdens that are grievous to be borne, and lay them on men’s shoulders; but they themselves will not lift a finger to help them.
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But they do all their works to be seen by men. They make their phylacteries broad and enlarge the fringes of their garments,
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and love the place of honor at feasts, the best seats in the synagogues,
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the salutations in the marketplaces, and to be called ‘Rabbi, Rabbi’ by men.
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But you are not to be called ‘Rabbi’, for one is your teacher, the Christ, and all of you are brothers.
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Call no man on the earth your father, for one is your Father, he who is in heaven.
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Neither be called masters, for one is your master, the Christ.
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But he who is greatest among you will be your servant.
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Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.
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“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.
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“But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you shut up the Kingdom of Heaven against men; for you don’t enter in yourselves, neither do you allow those who are entering in to enter.
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Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you travel around by sea and land to make one proselyte; and when he becomes one, you make him twice as much a son of Gehenna as yourselves.
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“Woe to you, you blind guides, who say, ‘Whoever swears by the temple, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gold of the temple, he is obligated.’
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You blind fools! For which is greater, the gold or the temple that sanctifies the gold?
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And, ‘Whoever swears by the altar, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gift that is on it, he is obligated.’
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You blind fools! For which is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifies the gift?
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He therefore who swears by the altar, swears by it and by everything on it.
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He who swears by the temple, swears by it and by him who has been living in it.
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He who swears by heaven, swears by the throne of God and by him who sits on it.
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“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint, dill, and cumin, and have left undone the weightier matters of the law: justice, mercy, and faith. But you ought to have done these, and not to have left the other undone.
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You blind guides, who strain out a gnat, and swallow a camel!
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“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and unrighteousness.
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You blind Pharisee, first clean the inside of the cup and of the platter, that its outside may become clean also.
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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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Even so you also outwardly appear righteous to men, but inwardly you are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.
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“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you build the tombs of the prophets and decorate the tombs of the righteous,
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and say, ‘If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we wouldn’t have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.’
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Therefore you testify to yourselves that you are children of those who killed the prophets.
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Fill up, then, the measure of your fathers.
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You serpents, you offspring of vipers, how will you escape the judgment of Gehenna?
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Therefore, behold, I send to you prophets, wise men, and scribes. Some of them you will kill and crucify; and some of them you will scourge in your synagogues and persecute from city to city,
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that on you may come all the righteous blood shed on the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zachariah son of Barachiah, whom you killed between the sanctuary and the altar.
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Most certainly I tell you, all these things will come upon this generation.
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“Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How often I would have gathered your children together, even as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you would not!
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Behold, your house is left to you desolate.
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For I tell you, you will not see me from now on, until you say, ‘Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!’”
wh1881 (wh1881) - Westcott-Hort Greek NT 1881 eBible USFM
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τοτε [ο] ιησους ελαλησεν τοις οχλοις και τοις μαθηταις αυτου
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λεγων επι της μωυσεως καθεδρας εκαθισαν οι γραμματεις και οι φαρισαιοι
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παντα ουν οσα εαν ειπωσιν υμιν ποιησατε και τηρειτε κατα δε τα εργα αυτων μη ποιειτε λεγουσιν γαρ και ου ποιουσιν
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δεσμευουσιν δε φορτια βαρεα και επιτιθεασιν επι τους ωμους των ανθρωπων αυτοι δε τω δακτυλω αυτων ου θελουσιν κινησαι αυτα
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παντα δε τα εργα αυτων ποιουσιν προς το θεαθηναι τοις ανθρωποις πλατυνουσιν γαρ τα φυλακτηρια αυτων και μεγαλυνουσιν τα κρασπεδα
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φιλουσιν δε την πρωτοκλισιαν εν τοις δειπνοις και τας πρωτοκαθεδριας εν ταις συναγωγαις
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και τους ασπασμους εν ταις αγοραις και καλεισθαι υπο των ανθρωπων ραββι
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υμεις δε μη κληθητε ραββι εις γαρ εστιν υμων ο διδασκαλος παντες δε υμεις αδελφοι εστε
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και πατερα μη καλεσητε υμων επι της γης εις γαρ εστιν υμων ο πατηρ ο ουρανιος
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μηδε κληθητε καθηγηται οτι καθηγητης υμων εστιν εις ο χριστος
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ο δε μειζων υμων εσται υμων διακονος
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οστις δε υψωσει εαυτον ταπεινωθησεται και οστις ταπεινωσει εαυτον υψωθησεται
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ουαι δε υμιν γραμματεις και φαρισαιοι υποκριται οτι κλειετε την βασιλειαν των ουρανων εμπροσθεν των ανθρωπων υμεις γαρ ουκ εισερχεσθε ουδε τους εισερχομενους αφιετε εισελθειν
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ουαι υμιν γραμματεις και φαρισαιοι υποκριται οτι περιαγετε την θαλασσαν και την ξηραν ποιησαι ενα προσηλυτον και οταν γενηται ποιειτε αυτον υιον γεεννης διπλοτερον υμων
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ουαι υμιν οδηγοι τυφλοι οι λεγοντες ος αν ομοση εν τω ναω ουδεν εστιν ος δ αν ομοση εν τω χρυσω του ναου οφειλει
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μωροι και τυφλοι τις γαρ μειζων εστιν ο χρυσος η ο ναος ο αγιασας τον χρυσον
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και ος αν ομοση εν τω θυσιαστηριω ουδεν εστιν ος δ αν ομοση εν τω δωρω τω επανω αυτου οφειλει
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τυφλοι τι γαρ μειζον το δωρον η το θυσιαστηριον το αγιαζον το δωρον
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ο ουν ομοσας εν τω θυσιαστηριω ομνυει εν αυτω και εν πασιν τοις επανω αυτου
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και ο ομοσας εν τω ναω ομνυει εν αυτω και εν τω κατοικουντι αυτον
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και ο ομοσας εν τω ουρανω ομνυει εν τω θρονω του θεου και εν τω καθημενω επανω αυτου
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ουαι υμιν γραμματεις και φαρισαιοι υποκριται οτι αποδεκατουτε το ηδυοσμον και το ανηθον και το κυμινον και αφηκατε τα βαρυτερα του νομου την κρισιν και το ελεος και την πιστιν ταυτα δε εδει ποιησαι κακεινα μη αφειναι
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οδηγοι τυφλοι διυλιζοντες τον κωνωπα την δε καμηλον καταπινοντες
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ουαι υμιν γραμματεις και φαρισαιοι υποκριται οτι καθαριζετε το εξωθεν του ποτηριου και της παροψιδος εσωθεν δε γεμουσιν εξ αρπαγης και ακρασιας
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φαρισαιε τυφλε καθαρισον πρωτον το εντος του ποτηριου [και της παροψιδος] ινα γενηται και το εκτος αυτου καθαρον
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ουαι υμιν γραμματεις και φαρισαιοι υποκριται οτι παρομοιαζετε ταφοις κεκονιαμενοις οιτινες εξωθεν μεν φαινονται ωραιοι εσωθεν δε γεμουσιν οστεων νεκρων και πασης ακαθαρσιας
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ουτως και υμεις εξωθεν μεν φαινεσθε τοις ανθρωποις δικαιοι εσωθεν δε εστε μεστοι υποκρισεως και ανομιας
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ουαι υμιν γραμματεις και φαρισαιοι υποκριται οτι οικοδομειτε τους ταφους των προφητων και κοσμειτε τα μνημεια των δικαιων
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και λεγετε ει ημεθα εν ταις ημεραις των πατερων ημων ουκ αν ημεθα αυτων κοινωνοι εν τω αιματι των προφητων
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ωστε μαρτυρειτε εαυτοις οτι υιοι εστε των φονευσαντων τους προφητας
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και υμεις πληρωσατε το μετρον των πατερων υμων
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οφεις γεννηματα εχιδνων πως φυγητε απο της κρισεως της γεεννης
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δια τουτο ιδου εγω αποστελλω προς υμας προφητας και σοφους και γραμματεις εξ αυτων αποκτενειτε και σταυρωσετε και εξ αυτων μαστιγωσετε εν ταις συναγωγαις υμων και διωξετε απο πολεως εις πολιν
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οπως ελθη εφ υμας παν αιμα δικαιον εκχυννομενον επι της γης απο του αιματος αβελ του δικαιου εως του αιματος ζαχαριου υιου βαραχιου ον εφονευσατε μεταξυ του ναου και του θυσιαστηριου
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αμην λεγω υμιν ηξει ταυτα παντα επι την γενεαν ταυτην
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ιερουσαλημ ιερουσαλημ η αποκτεινουσα τους προφητας και λιθοβολουσα τους απεσταλμενους προς αυτην ποσακις ηθελησα επισυναγαγειν τα τεκνα σου ον τροπον ορνις επισυναγει τα νοσσια [αυτης] υπο τας πτερυγας και ουκ ηθελησατε
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ιδου αφιεται υμιν ο οικος υμων
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λεγω γαρ υμιν ου μη με ιδητε απ αρτι εως αν ειπητε ευλογημενος ο ερχομενος εν ονοματι κυριου
ylt (ylt) - Bible.com YLT98 plain UTF-8
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Then Jesus spake to the multitudes, and to his disciples,
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saying, `On the seat of Moses sat down the scribes and the Pharisees;
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all, then, as much as they may say to you to observe, observe and do, but according to their works do not, for they say, and do not;
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for they bind together burdens heavy and grievous to be borne, and lay upon the shoulders of men, but with their finger they will not move them.
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`And all their works they do to be seen by men, and they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the fringes of their garments,
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they love also the chief couches in the supper, and the chief seats in the synagogues,
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and the salutations in the market-places, and to be called by men, Rabbi, Rabbi.
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`And ye--ye may not be called Rabbi, for one is your director--the Christ, and all ye are brethren;
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and ye may not call <FI>any<Fi> your father on the earth, for one is your Father, who is in the heavens,
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nor may ye be called directors, for one is your director--the Christ.
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And the greater of you shall be your ministrant,
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and whoever shall exalt himself shall be humbled, and whoever shall humble himself shall be exalted.
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`Woe to you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye shut up the reign of the heavens before men, for ye do not go in, nor those going in do ye suffer to enter.
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`Woe to you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye eat up the houses of the widows, and for a pretence make long prayers, because of this ye shall receive more abundant judgment.
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`Woe to you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye go round the sea and the dry land to make one proselyte, and whenever it may happen--ye make him a son of gehenna twofold more than yourselves.
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`Woe to you, blind guides, who are saying, Whoever may swear by the sanctuary, it is nothing, but whoever may swear by the gold of the sanctuary--is debtor!
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Fools and blind! for which <FI>is<Fi> greater, the gold, or the sanctuary that is sanctifying the gold?
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`And, whoever may swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whoever may swear by the gift that is upon it--is debtor!
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Fools and blind! for which <FI>is<Fi> greater, the gift, or the altar that is sanctifying the gift?
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`He therefore who did swear by the altar, doth swear by it, and by all things on it;
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and he who did swear by the sanctuary, doth swear by it, and by Him who is dwelling in it;
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and he who did swear by the heaven, doth swear by the throne of God, and by Him who is sitting upon it.
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`Woe to you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye give tithe of the mint, and the dill, and the cumin, and did neglect the weightier things of the Law--the judgment, and the kindness, and the faith; these it behoved <FI>you<Fi> to do, and those not to neglect.
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`Blind guides! who are straining out the gnat, and the camel are swallowing.
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`Woe to you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye make clean the outside of the cup and the plate, and within they are full of rapine and incontinence.
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`Blind Pharisee! cleanse first the inside of the cup and the plate, that the outside of them also may become clean.
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`Woe to you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye are like to whitewashed sepulchres, which outwardly indeed do appear beautiful, and within are full of bones of dead men, and of all uncleanness;
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so also ye outwardly indeed do appear to men righteous, and within ye are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.
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`Woe to you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, and adorn the tombs of the righteous,
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and say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.
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So that ye testify to yourselves, that ye are sons of them who did murder the prophets;
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and ye--ye fill up the measure of your fathers.
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`Serpents! brood of vipers! how may ye escape from the judgment of the gehenna?
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`Because of this, lo, I send to you prophets, and wise men, and scribes, and of them ye will kill and crucify, and of them ye will scourge in your synagogues, and will pursue from city to city;
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that on you may come all the righteous blood being poured out on the earth from the blood of Abel the righteous, unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the sanctuary and the altar:
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verily I say to you, all these things shall come upon this generation.
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`Jerusalem, Jerusalem, that art killing the prophets, and stoning those sent unto thee, how often did I will to gather thy children together, as a hen doth gather her own chickens under the wings, and ye did not will.
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Lo, left desolate to you is your house;
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for I say to you, ye may not see me henceforth, till ye may say, Blessed <FI>is<Fi> he who is coming in the name of the Lord.'
Explanations by Age Level
Explain Like I'm 5
A long, long time ago, there was nothing at all - no earth, no sky, no animals, no people. It was all dark and empty. But God was there! God is so powerful that He can make anything just by speaking. So God said "Let there be light!" and BOOM! There was light everywhere! God saw that the light was beautiful and good. He called the light "day" and the darkness "night." This was the very first day when God started making our wonderful world!
Explain Like I'm 10
Before anything existed - no planets, stars, or life - God decided to create the universe. The earth started out as a dark, empty place covered with water. But God's Spirit was there, ready to bring order and beauty to everything. When God spoke and said "Let there be light," light immediately appeared because God's words have incredible power. God looked at the light and was pleased with what He had made. He organized time by separating light (day) from darkness (night), creating the first 24-hour period. This shows us that God is organized and purposeful in everything He does.
Explain Like I'm 15
Genesis 1:1-5 establishes fundamental theological truths about God and creation. The Hebrew word "bara" (created) indicates creation from nothing (ex nihilo), demonstrating God's absolute sovereignty and power. The phrase "without form and void" (tohu wa-bohu) describes a state of chaos that God transforms into order. The Spirit of God "hovering" or "brooding" over the waters suggests active, caring involvement in creation. The creation of light before the sun (created on day 4) indicates that God Himself is the ultimate source of light and energy. The establishment of day and night creates the framework of time, showing that God operates within orderly patterns while transcending them. This passage refutes both atheistic materialism and pantheism, establishing that God is both transcendent (separate from creation) and immanent (actively involved in it).