Bible Verses About Hypocrisy

"But give me your opinion: a man had two sons. He went to the first and said, `Son, go and work today in the vineyard.'

He answered, `I don't want to'; but later he changed his mind and went.

The father went to his other son and said the same thing. This one answered, `I will, sir'; but he didn't go.

Which of the two did what his father wanted?" "The first," they replied. "That's right!" Yeshua said to them. "I tell you that the tax-collectors and prostitutes are going into the Kingdom of God ahead of you!

For Yochanan came to you showing the path to righteousness, and you wouldn't trust him. The tax-collectors and prostitutes trusted him; but you, even after you saw this, didn't change your minds later and trust him.

`Friend, how did you get in here without wedding clothes?' The man was speechless.

Then the king said to the servants, `Bind him hand and foot, and throw him outside in the dark!' In that place people will wail and grind their teeth,

"The Torah-teachers and the P'rushim," he said, "sit in the seat of Moshe.

So whatever they tell you, take care to do it. But don't do what they do, because they talk but don't act!

They tie heavy loads onto people's shoulders but won't lift a finger to help carry them

Everything they do is done to be seen by others; for they make their t'fillin broad and their tzitziyot long,

they love the place of honor at banquets and the best seats in the synagogues,

and they love being greeted deferentially in the marketplaces and being called `Rabbi.'

"But you are not to let yourselves be called `Rabbi'; because you have one Rabbi, and you are all each other's brothers.

And do not call anyone on earth `Father.' because you have one Father, and he is in heaven.

Nor are you to let yourselves be called `leaders,' because you have one Leader, and he is the Messiah!

The greatest among you must be your servant,

for whoever promotes himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be promoted.

"But woe to you hypocritical Torah-teachers and P'rushim! For you are shutting the Kingdom of Heaven in people's faces, neither entering yourselves nor allowing those who wish to enter to do so.

Woe to you hypocritical Torah-teachers and P'rushim! For you swallow up widow's houses while making a show of davvening at great length. Because of this your punishment will be all the worse

"Woe to you hypocritical Torah-teachers and P'rushim! You go about over land and sea to make one proselyte; and when you succeed, you make him twice as fit for Gei-Hinnom as you are!

"Woe to you, you blind guides! You say, `If someone swears by the Temple, he is not bound by his oath; but if he swears by the gold in the Temple, he is bound.'

You blind fools! Which is more important? the gold? or the Temple which makes the gold holy?

And you say, `If someone swears by the altar, he is not bound by his oath; but if he swears by the offering on the altar, he is bound.'

Blind men! Which is more important? the sacrifice? or the altar which makes the sacrifice holy