Matthew 15:7

15:7 Hypocrites! Isaiah prophesied correctly about you when he said,

Matthew 22:18

22:18 But Jesus realized their evil intentions and said, “Hypocrites! Why are you testing me?

Matthew 23:29

23:29 “Woe to you, experts in the law 1  and you Pharisees, hypocrites! You 2  build tombs for the prophets and decorate the graves 3  of the righteous.

Matthew 24:51

24:51 and will cut him in two, 4  and assign him a place with the hypocrites, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

1 tn Or “scribes.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in 2:4.

2 tn Grk “Because you.” Here ὅτι (Joti) has not been translated.

3 tn Or perhaps “the monuments” (see L&N 7.75-76).

4 tn The verb διχοτομέω (dicotomew) means to cut an object into two parts (L&N 19.19). This is an extremely severe punishment compared to the other two later punishments. To translate it simply as “punish” is too mild. If taken literally this servant is dismembered, although it is possible to view the stated punishment as hyperbole (L&N 38.12).