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The Book of Matthew, Chapter 23, Verse 12

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‹But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant.›
King James Version
‹And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased; and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted.›
American Standard Version
And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be humbled; and whosoever shall humble himself shall be exalted.
New English Translation
“Woe to you, experts in the law and you Pharisees, hypocrites! You cross land and sea to make one convert, and when you get one, you make him twice as much a child of hell as yourselves!
World English Bible
Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.
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‹But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in› [yourselves], ‹neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in.›
14
‹Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation.›
15
‹Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves.›
16
‹Woe unto you,› [ye] ‹blind guides, which say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor!›
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[Ye] ‹fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifieth the gold?›
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‹And, Whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whosoever sweareth by the gift that is upon it, he is guilty.›
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[Ye] ‹fools and blind: for whether› [is] ‹greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth the gift?›
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‹Whoso therefore shall swear by the altar, sweareth by it, and by all things thereon.›
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‹And whoso shall swear by the temple, sweareth by it, and by him that dwelleth therein.›
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‹And he that shall swear by heaven, sweareth by the throne of God, and by him that sitteth thereon.›