...matter to make broad their phylacteries, to make clean the outsiilc of the cup and the platter, to build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous ; but they were condemned for omitting the weightier matters of the law— judgment, mercy, and faith....

...point out their hypocrisy, in appearing to be righteous when they were full of iniquity. " Wo unto you scribes and pharisees, hypocrites! because ye...partakers with them in the blood of the prophets." All this again was hypocrisy, which proved them to be the children of those who killed the prophets....

...hypocrites ! because ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, and adorn the monuments of the just, and say, if we had been in the days of our fathers,...partakers with them in the blood, of the prophets. Thus ye witness to yourselves that ye are the sons of them who murdered the prophets. And ye have fulfilled...

...also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity. Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites ! because ye...the sepulchres of the righteous, and say, If we had beea in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets....

...from their elevation and profusion of ornament, are evidently those referred to in the text, " Wo unto you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because ye...prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous;"* whilst the low apertures of thosewhichare subterraneous explain the stooping down of Mary to look into...

...ashamed of it ; and while they have no power or opportunity of acting to the contrary, can say, l' If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would...partakers with them in the blood of the prophets." If this happy temper of meekness, forbearance, and charity, should continue to increase, and should...

...shall be in danger of hell-fire. Matt, xxiii. 29. 33. Woe unto you, Scribes and Pharisees, bypocrites ! because ye build the tombs of the prophets^ and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous. Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how shall ye escape the damnation of heUl Mark ix. 43. 47, 48....

...their example be forgotten. Their memories are precious. Let us not expose ourselves to the reproach, " ye build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous," while ye fail to cultivate their spirit, and follow their example of zeal, as manifested in their power...

...'the tombs of the prophets, and adorn the monuments of the righteous; 30 and say, ' If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the Mood of the prophets.' 31 Wherefore ye bear witness to yourselves, that ye are the sons sf those who...

...also, outwardly, appear righteous unto men, but within are full of hypocrisy and iniquity. 29" Alas for you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites ! because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and adorn the monuments of the righteous; 30 and say,' If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we would...