...denunciation of the scribes and pharisees, he points to the problem the legalistic approach fosters. Woe to you, scribes and pharisees, hypocrites! For...guides, straining out a gnat and swallowing a camel! (Mt 23:23-24). And again: This people honors me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me....

...interpreter of the Torah? Matthew makes a distinction between center and periphery within the Torah: "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for...ought to have done, without neglecting the others" (Matt. 23:23). Matthew attacks not so much the law itself but its hypocritical observers: "The scribes...

...it; 22and he who swears by heaven, swears by the throne of God and by him who sits upon it. 23"Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you...ought to have done, without neglecting the others. 24You blind guides, straining out a gnat and swallowing a camel! 25"Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees,...

...narrowmindedness, an overwhelming concern with the minutiae of religion and a consequent neglect of its essence. 'Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for...weightier matters of the law, justice and mercy and faith' (Matt. 13.13). Needless to say, both these portraits, Jewish and Christian, distort historical reality....

...foundation for a mandatory tithe. Turning on his opponents, Summenhart flung the words of Christ at them: 'Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For...and have neglected the weightier matters of the law . . .' The conclusion of Jesus' castigation was certainly familiar enough to his listeners to justify...

...shroud of ardent fulfillment of small and minute ordinances. We read (Mt. 23:23f., 25f. par. Lk.), "You tithe mint and dill and cummin, and have neglected...weightier matters of the law, justice and mercy and faith. " They were "straining out a gnat and swallowing a camel!" (Mt. 23:24 [Sp. Mt.]). 8See the discussion...

...leaders of his time. "Alas, for you, scribes and Pharisees, you hyprocrites! You who pay your tithe of mint and dill and cummin and have neglected the weightier matters of the law—justice, mercy, good faith!" The "weightier matters" are all symbolic, not literal. No one ever...

...Christ's condemnation: Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have neglected the weightier matters...mercy and faith. These you ought to have done, without leaving others undone. Blind guides, who strain out a gnat and swallow a camel (Matthew 23:23-24)....

...Matthew's Gospel (Mt 23:13-36): "Alas for you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You pay your tithe of mint and dill and cummin and have neglected the weightier matters of the law — justice, mercy, good faith. These you should have practiced, without neglecting the others. You blind guides,...

...compulsive conformist's preoccupation with trivia to the neglect of the big picture with Matthew 23:23-24: "You tithe mint and dill and cummin, and have neglected...guides, straining out a gnat and swallowing a camel!" Jesus looked upon the people as being like sheep without a shepherd, harassed and helpless under the...