Matthew 23:28
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Matthew 23:28 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Matthew 23:28 is a verse from the book of Matthew in the New Testament. The KJV reads: "Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Matthew 23:28 — KJV
“Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.”
— Matthew 23:28 (KJV)
Matthew 23:28 in Context — About the Book of Matthew
Matthew presents Jesus as the promised King — Israel's Messiah who fulfils the prophets line by line. It preserves the Sermon on the Mount, the Lord's Prayer, and the Great Commission. Five great teaching blocks make it the church's first discipleship manual.
Cross-References for Matthew 23:28
“The land also shall be left of them, and shall enjoy her sabbaths, while she lieth desolate without them: and they shall accept of the punishment of their iniquity: because, even because they despised my judgments, and because their soul abhorred my statutes.”
Shares key themes with Matthew 23:28: even, also, men
“This is an evil among all things that are done under the sun, that there is one event unto all: yea, also the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that they go to the dead.”
Shares key themes with Matthew 23:28: even, also, men
“Even a full wind from those places shall come unto me: now also will I give sentence against them. a full...: or, a fuller wind than those give...: Heb. utter judgments”
Shares key themes with Matthew 23:28: even, also, men
“I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh: for as ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity; even so now yield your members servants to righteousness unto holiness.”
Shares key themes with Matthew 23:28: even, righteous, men
“Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are therein?”
Shares key themes with Matthew 23:28: also, righteous, within
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