Matthew 23:13 — compare English translations
Compare translationsMatthew 23:13 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
Οὐαὶ
ouaí
G3759
alas
δὲ
dé
G1161
but
ὑμῖν
hymeîs
G5210
you
γραμματεῖς
grammateús
G1122
scribe
καὶ
kaí
G2532
and
Φαρισαῖοι
Pharisaîos
G5330
Pharisee
ὑποκριταί
hypokritḗs
G5273
hypocrite
ὅτι
hóti
G3754
that
κλείετε
kleíō
G2808
to shut
τὴν
ho
G3588
the
βασιλείαν
basileía
G932
kingdom
τῶν
ho
G3588
the
οὐρανῶν
ouranós
G3772
heaven
ἔμπροσθεν
émprosthen
G1715
before
τῶν
ho
G3588
the
ἀνθρώπων
ánthrōpos
G444
human being
ὑμεῖς
hymeîs
G5210
you
γὰρ
gár
G1063
for
οὐκ
ou
G3756
not
εἰσέρχεσθε
eisérchomai
G1525
to enter
οὐδὲ
oudé
G3761
neither
τοὺς
ho
G3588
the
εἰσερχομένους
eisérchomai
G1525
to enter
ἀφίετε
aphíēmi
G863
to send away
εἰσελθεῖν
eisérchomai
G1525
to enter
Each is an independent rendering of the whole verse — the interlinear is not word-aligned to these translations.
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World English Bible Public Domain
"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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King James Version Public Domain
But 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.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you shut the kingdom of the heavens in front of men. For you do not enter in, nor do you permit the ones entering to enter.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).