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27 (A) You Pharisees and teachers are in for trouble! You're nothing but show-offs. You're like tombs that have been whitewashed.[a] On the outside they are beautiful, but inside they are full of bones and filth.

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  1. 23.27 whitewashed: Tombs were whitewashed to keep anyone from accidentally touching them. A person who touched a dead body or a tomb was considered unclean and could not worship with the rest of the Jewish people.

28 That's what you are like. Outside you look good, but inside you are evil and only pretend to be good.

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