King James Version
Matthew 23:26 in the King James Version says “Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first that which is within the cup and platter, that the outside of them may be clean also.” — study this verse from Matthew chapter 23 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first that which is within the cup and platter, that the outside of them may be clean also.”
Matthew 23:26 · KJV
Ye blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel.
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess.
Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first that which is within the cup and platter, that the outside of them may be clean also.
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness.
Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“Pharisee”
G5330a separatist, i.e., exclusively religious; a pharisean, i.e., jewish sectary
“Thou blind”
G5185opaque (as if smoky), i.e., (by analogy) blind (physically or mentally)
“the cup”
G4221a drinking-vessel; by extension, the contents thereof, i.e., a cupful (draught); figuratively, a lot or fate
“also”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“may be”
G1096to cause to be ("gen"-erate), i.e., (reflexively) to become (come into being), used with great latitude (literal, figurative, intensive, etc.)
“also”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“of them”
G846the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
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