Matthew · God's Word for You (Latin American Textual Bible)
Matthew 23 God's Word for You (Latin American Textual Bible)
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1 Entonces Jesús habló a la multitud y a sus discípulos:
1 Then Jesus spoke to the multitudes and to his disciples,
2 Los escribas y los fariseos se sientan en la cátedra de Moisés.
2 saying, “The scribes and the Pharisees sit on Moses’ seat.
3 Hagan y guarden todo cuanto les digan. Pero no hagan según sus obras, porque dicen y no hacen.
3 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.
4 Atan cargas pesadas y las ponen sobre los hombros de los varones. Ellos ni siquiera las tocan con un dedo suyo.
4 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.
5 Más bien hacen todas sus obras para ser vistos por los hombres. Ensanchan sus filacterias, alargan los flecos,
5 But they do all their works to be seen by men. They make their phylacteries broad and enlarge the fringes of their garments,
6 aman el primer reclinatorio en las cenas y las primeras sillas en las congregaciones,
6 and love the place of honor at feasts, the best seats in the synagogues,
7 los saludos pomposos en las plazas y ser llamados por los hombres: ¡Maestro!
7 the salutations in the marketplaces, and to be called ‘Rabbi, Rabbi’ by men.
8 Pero ustedes no permitan que los llamen maestros, porque uno solo es su Maestro, y todos ustedes son hermanos.
8 But you are not to be called ‘Rabbi’, for one is your teacher, the Christ, and all of you are brothers.
9 A nadie llamen padre de ustedes en la tierra, pues uno solo es su Padre: El celestial.
9 Call no man on the earth your father, for one is your Father, he who is in heaven.
10 Ni permitan que los llamen caudillos, porque uno es su Caudillo: El Cristo.
10 Neither be called masters, for one is your master, the Christ.
11 El mayor de ustedes será su servidor.
11 But he who is greatest among you will be your servant.
12 Porque el que se enaltezca será humillado, y el que se humille será enaltecido.
12 Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.
13 Pero, ¡ay de ustedes, escribas y fariseos, hipócritas! Porque cierran el reino celestial delante de los hombres, pues ustedes no entran ni dejan entrar a los que quieren entrar. [[
13 “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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14 “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.
15 ¡Ay de ustedes, escribas y fariseos hipócritas! Porque para hacer un prosélito recorren el mar y la tierra, y cuando es [prosélito, lo] hacen dos veces más hijo del infierno que ustedes.
15 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.
16 Ay de ustedes, guías ciegos, quienes dicen: Todo el que jure por el Santuario no es deudor, pero es deudor el que jure por el oro del Santuario.
16 “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.’
17 ¡Insensatos y ciegos! ¿Qué es mayor: El oro o el Santuario que santifica el oro?
17 You blind fools! For which is greater, the gold or the temple that sanctifies the gold?
18 También dicen: Todo el que jure por el altar, no es deudor. Pero es deudor el que jure por la ofrenda que está sobre él.
18 And, ‘Whoever swears by the altar, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gift that is on it, he is obligated.’
19 ¡Ciegos! ¿Qué es mayor, la ofrenda o el altar que santifica la ofrenda?
19 You blind fools! For which is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifies the gift?
20 El que jura por el altar, jura por él y por todo lo que está sobre él.
20 He therefore who swears by the altar, swears by it and by everything on it.
21 El que jura por el Santuario, jura por él y por el que mora en él.
21 He who swears by the temple, swears by it and by him who has been living in it.
22 El que jura por el cielo, jura por el trono de Dios y por Quien se sienta sobre él.
22 He who swears by heaven, swears by the throne of God and by him who sits on it.
23 Ay de ustedes, escribas y fariseos, hipócritas, porque diezman la menta, el eneldo y el comino, pero dejan lo más importante de la Ley: la justicia, la misericordia y la fe. Esto era necesario hacer sin dejar aquello.
23 “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.
24 ¡Guías ciegos, que cuelan el mosquito y tragan el camello!
24 You blind guides, who strain out a gnat, and swallow a camel!
25 Ay de ustedes, escribas y fariseos, hipócritas, porque limpian lo de afuera de la copa y del plato, pero por dentro están llenos de robo y desenfreno.
25 “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.
26 ¡Fariseo ciego! Limpia primero lo de dentro de la copa, para que también lo de afuera quede limpio.
26 You blind Pharisee, first clean the inside of the cup and of the platter, that its outside may become clean also.
27 ¡Ay de ustedes, escribas y fariseos, hipócritas! Porque se parecen a sepulcros blanqueados, los cuales a la verdad se muestran hermosos por fuera, pero por dentro están llenos de huesos de muertos y de toda inmundicia.
27 “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.
28 Así también ustedes, por fuera ciertamente parecen justos ante los hombres, pero por dentro están llenos de hipocresía e iniquidad.
28 Even so you also outwardly appear righteous to men, but inwardly you are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.
29 ¡Ay de ustedes, escribas y fariseos, hipócritas! Porque edifican los sepulcros de los profetas, adornan los monumentos de los justos
29 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you build the tombs of the prophets and decorate the tombs of the righteous,
30 y dicen: Si estuviéramos en los días de nuestros antepasados, no habríamos sido sus cómplices en la sangre de los profetas.
30 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.’
31 De modo que dan testimonio contra ustedes mismos que son hijos de los que mataron a los profetas.
31 Therefore you testify to yourselves that you are children of those who killed the prophets.
32 ¡Ustedes también colmen la medida de sus antepasados!
32 Fill up, then, the measure of your fathers.
33 ¡Serpientes! ¡Engendros de víboras! ¿Cómo escaparán del juicio del infierno?
33 You serpents, you offspring of vipers, how will you escape the judgment of Gehenna?
34 Por tanto, miren, Yo les envío profetas, sabios y escribas. Ustedes matarán y crucificarán a algunos de ellos. Azotarán a algunos en sus congregaciones y [los] perseguirán de ciudad en ciudad,
34 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,
35 para que venga sobre ustedes toda la sangre justa que se derrama sobre la tierra, desde la sangre de Abel el justo, hasta la sangre de Zacarías, hijo de Baraquías, a quien ustedes mataron entre el Santuario y el altar.
35 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.
36 En verdad les digo: Todo esto vendrá sobre esta generación.
36 Most certainly I tell you, all these things will come upon this generation.
37 ¡Jerusalén, Jerusalén, que matas a los profetas y apedreas a los que te fueron enviados! ¡Cuántas veces quise juntar a tus hijos, como la gallina reúne sus polluelos bajo las alas, y ustedes no quisieron!
37 “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!
38 Miren, su casa queda desolada.
38 Behold, your house is left to you desolate.
39 Desde ahora les digo que de ningún modo me verán ustedes hasta que digan: ¡Bendito el que viene en Nombre del Señor!
39 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!’”
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Zechariah
Named by Jesus as the last of the righteous whose blood was shed, 'son of Berechiah', whom they killed between the temple and the altar. Matthew 23:35 calls him 'son of…
Cited in the guide: Matthew 23:35; Luke 11:51
Cross references (35)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Luke 20:45–46; Matthew 15:10–20; Luke 12:1; Luke 12:57; Mark 12:38–39
- 2 Luke 20:46; Mark 12:38; Malachi 2:7; Ezra 7:6; Ezra 7:25
- 3 2 Timothy 3:5; Titus 1:16; Romans 2:19–24; Acts 5:29; Romans 13:1
- 4 Luke 11:46; Acts 15:10; Galatians 6:13; Matthew 11:28–30; Matthew 23:23
- 5 Matthew 6:1–16; John 12:43; Philippians 2:3; Deuteronomy 6:8; John 5:44
- 6 3 John 9; Luke 11:43–54; Mark 12:38–39; Luke 14:7–11; Proverbs 25:6–7
- 7 John 1:38; John 1:49; John 3:2; John 6:25; John 3:26
- 8 James 3:1; Luke 22:32; Revelation 1:9; 1 Corinthians 1:12–13; 1 Peter 5:3
- 9 1 John 3:1; Hebrews 12:9; Malachi 1:6; Job 32:21–22; Romans 8:14–17
- 11 1 Corinthians 9:19; Galatians 5:13; John 13:14–15; Mark 10:43–44; 2 Corinthians 4:5
- 12 1 Peter 5:5; James 4:6; Luke 14:11; Proverbs 29:23; Luke 18:14
- 13 Luke 11:52; Matthew 23:29; Matthew 23:23; Matthew 23:27; Zechariah 11:17
- 15 Acts 13:43; Acts 13:10; Ephesians 2:3; Galatians 6:12; Galatians 4:17
- 16 Matthew 15:14; James 5:12; Matthew 23:24; Matthew 23:17; Matthew 5:33–35
- 17 Matthew 23:19; Numbers 16:38–39; Psalm 94:8; Exodus 30:26–29
- 19 Exodus 29:37; Exodus 30:29
- 21 Psalm 26:8; 1 Kings 8:13; 2 Chronicles 6:2; Ephesians 2:22; Colossians 2:9
- 22 Matthew 5:34; Isaiah 66:1; Psalm 11:4; Revelation 4:2–3; Acts 7:49
- 23 Luke 11:42; Micah 6:8; Hosea 6:6; Matthew 9:13; Matthew 5:19–20
- 24 Matthew 19:24; Matthew 27:6–8; Luke 6:7–10; Matthew 15:2–6; John 18:28
- 25 Luke 11:39–40; Matthew 15:19–20; Isaiah 28:7–8; Mark 7:4–13
- 26 2 Corinthians 7:1; James 4:8; Hebrews 10:22; Ezekiel 18:31; Isaiah 55:7
- 27 Luke 11:44; Acts 23:3; Numbers 19:16; Isaiah 58:1–2
- 28 Luke 16:15; Psalm 51:6; Matthew 23:5; Matthew 12:34–35; 1 Samuel 16:7
- 29 Luke 11:47–48; Acts 2:29
- 30 Matthew 23:34–35; Jeremiah 2:30; Matthew 21:35–36; 2 Chronicles 36:15
- 31 Acts 7:51–52; 1 Thessalonians 2:15–16; Job 15:5–6; Joshua 24:22; Luke 19:22
- 32 Genesis 15:16; Numbers 32:14; 1 Thessalonians 2:16
- 33 Matthew 3:7; Matthew 12:34; Luke 3:7; Matthew 5:22; Genesis 3:15
- 34 Matthew 10:16–17; Matthew 13:52; Colossians 1:28; Luke 11:49–51; Acts 13:1
- 35 2 Chronicles 24:20–22; Hebrews 11:4; Zechariah 1:1; Genesis 4:8; Revelation 18:24
- 36 Matthew 10:23; Matthew 24:34; Luke 21:32–33; Mark 13:30–31; Ezekiel 12:21–28
- 37 Luke 13:34–35; Psalm 91:4; Ruth 2:12; Deuteronomy 32:11–12; Psalm 17:8
- 38 Jeremiah 22:5; Luke 13:35; Luke 21:24; 1 Kings 9:7; Acts 6:13–14
- 39 Psalm 118:26; Matthew 21:9; Romans 11:25; John 8:24; Luke 17:22
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Then. When? When He had said these things, when He had stopped their mouths; when He had brought them that they should no more dare to tempt Him; when He had shown their state incurable. And since He had made mention of "the Lord" and "my Lord," He recurs again to the law.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
Jesus, therefore, will be to them the author and teacher of such transgression, inasmuch as He commanded that one Being should be called Father, thus imposing upon them the necessity of confessing the Creator as their Father, as has been pointed out.
Therefore, says the Lord, "Cleanse that which is within, and the outside shall be clean also." He then says that God Himself,--not anything received from Him, but Himself,--is his portion.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
Herewith towards the end also He was upbraiding them, when He said, "Ye bind heavy burdens, and grievous to be borne, but ye will not move them with your finger," and, "ye pay tithe of mint and anise, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith." Well then, I think that these are comprehended in …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
They forgot that our Lord Jesus Christ, the Only-begotten, speaks in like manner concerning Himself to Jerusalem, How often would I have gathered thy children together even as a hen doth gather her chickens under her wings, and ye would not.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)