Matthew 23 - Quote Cards

Question 1

Matthew 23:9

Answer 1

And do not call anyone on earth ‘father,’ for you have one Father, and he is in heaven.

Question 2

Matthew 23:12

Answer 2

For those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.

Question 3

Matthew 23:7

Answer 3

they love to be greeted with respect in the marketplaces and to be called ‘Rabbi’ by others.

Question 4

Matthew 23:2

Answer 4

“The teachers of the law and the Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat.

Question 5

Matthew 23:11

Answer 5

The greatest among you will be your servant.

Question 6

Matthew 23:3

Answer 6

So you must be careful to do everything they tell you. But do not do what they do, for they do not practice what they preach.

Question 7

Matthew 23:6

Answer 7

they love the place of honor at banquets and the most important seats in the synagogues;

Question 8

Matthew 23:8

Answer 8

“But you are not to be called ‘Rabbi,’ for you have one Teacher, and you are all brothers.

Question 9

Matthew 23:1

Answer 9

Then Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples:

Question 10

Matthew 23:5

Answer 10

“Everything they do is done for people to see: They make their phylacteries wide and the tassels on their garments long;

Question 11

Matthew 23:10

Answer 11

Nor are you to be called instructors, for you have one Instructor, the Messiah.

Question 12

Matthew 23:4

Answer 12

They tie up heavy, cumbersome loads and put them on other people’s shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to lift a finger to move them.

Question 13

Matthew 23:23

Answer 13

“Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You give a tenth of your spices-mint, dill and cumin. But you have neglected the more important matters of the law-justice, mercy and faithfulness. You should have practiced the latter, without neglecting the former.

Question 14

Matthew 23:36

Answer 14

Truly I tell you, all this will come on this generation.

Question 15

Matthew 23:19

Answer 15

You blind men! Which is greater: the gift, or the altar that makes the gift sacred?

Question 16

Matthew 23:13

Answer 16

“Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the door of the kingdom of heaven in people’s faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let those enter who are trying to.

Question 17

Matthew 23:35

Answer 17

And so upon you will come all the righteous blood that has been shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah son of Berekiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar.

Question 18

Matthew 23:22

Answer 18

And anyone who swears by heaven swears by God’s throne and by the one who sits on it.

Question 19

Matthew 23:17

Answer 19

You blind fools! Which is greater: the gold, or the temple that makes the gold sacred?

Question 20

Matthew 23:27

Answer 20

“Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside but on the inside are full of the bones of the dead and everything unclean.

Question 21

Matthew 23:37

Answer 21

“Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you were not willing.

Question 22

Matthew 23:33

Answer 22

“You snakes! You brood of vipers! How will you escape being condemned to hell?

Question 23

Matthew 23:28

Answer 23

In the same way, on the outside you appear to people as righteous but on the inside you are full of hypocrisy and wickedness.

Question 24

Matthew 23:38

Answer 24

Look, your house is left to you desolate.

Question 25

Matthew 23:16

Answer 25

“Woe to you, blind guides! You say, ‘If anyone swears by the temple, it means nothing; but anyone who swears by the gold of the temple is bound by that oath.’

Question 26

Matthew 23:31

Answer 26

So you testify against yourselves that you are the descendants of those who murdered the prophets.

Question 27

Matthew 23:24

Answer 27

You blind guides! You strain out a gnat but swallow a camel.

Question 28

Matthew 23:34

Answer 28

Therefore I am sending you prophets and sages and teachers. Some of them you will kill and crucify; others you will flog in your synagogues and pursue from town to town.

Question 29

Matthew 23:30

Answer 29

And you say, ‘If we had lived in the days of our ancestors, we would not have taken part with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.’

Question 30

Matthew 23:21

Answer 30

And anyone who swears by the temple swears by it and by the one who dwells in it.

Question 31

Matthew 23:15

Answer 31

“Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You travel over land and sea to win a single convert, and when you have succeeded, you make them twice as much a child of hell as you are.

Question 32

Matthew 23:39

Answer 32

For I tell you, you will not see me again until you say, ‘Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.’ “

Question 33

Matthew 23:25

Answer 33

“Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence.

Question 34

Matthew 23:29

Answer 34

“Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You build tombs for the prophets and decorate the graves of the righteous.

Question 35

Matthew 23:20

Answer 35

Therefore, anyone who swears by the altar swears by it and by everything on it.

Question 36

Matthew 23:26

Answer 36

Blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and dish, and then the outside also will be clean.

Question 37

Matthew 23:32

Answer 37

Go ahead, then, and complete what your ancestors started!

Question 38

Matthew 23:18

Answer 38

You also say, ‘If anyone swears by the altar, it means nothing; but anyone who swears by the gift on the altar is bound by that oath.’