Matthew 23:23 · WEB
“"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.”
— Matthew 23:23
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Life of Jesus (~30 AD)
Emotion
angry
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