Matthew 23:15
“Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves.”
King James Version (KJV)
🌐 Matthew 23:15 in 8 Translations
King James Version (KJV)English
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves.
American Standard Version (ASV)English
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte; and when he is become so, ye make him twofold more a son of hell than yourselves.
Open English Bible (OEB)English
Alas for you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, hypocrites that you are! You scour land and sea to make a single convert, and, when they are gained, you make them twice as deserving of Gehenna as you are yourselves.
Elberfelder Bibel (ELB)Deutsch
Wehe euch, Schriftgelehrte und Pharisäer, Heuchler! Denn ihr durchziehet das Meer und das Trockene, um einen Proselyten zu machen; und wenn er es geworden ist, so machet ihr ihn zu einem Sohne der Hölle, zwiefältig mehr als ihr.
Reina-Valera (RV)Español
¡Ay de vosotros, escribas y Fariseos, hipócritas! porque rodeáis la mar y la tierra por hacer un prosélito; y cuando fuere hecho, le hacéis hijo del infierno doble más que vosotros.
Bíblia Livre (BL)Português
Ai de vós, escribas e fariseus, hipócritas! Porque rodeais o mar e a terra para fazerdes um prosélito; e quando é feito, vós o tornais filho do inferno duas vezes mais que a vós.
Nova Versão (NVA)Português
Ai de vós, escribas e fariseus, hipócritas! Pois rodeais o mar e a terra para fazer um prosélito. E quando ele tiver se tornado um, o fizestes duas vezes mais filho do inferno do que vós.
📖 Matthew 23:15 in Context
13But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in.
14Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows’ houses, and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation.
15Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves.
16Woe unto you, ye blind guides, which say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor!
17Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifieth the gold?
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