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1021 B
Woe to you
"How terrible it will be for you!" See how you translated this in Matthew 11:21.
For you clean the outside of the cup and of the plate, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence
This is a metaphor that means the scribes and Pharisees appear pure on the outside to others, but on the inside they are wicked. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)
they are full of greed and self-indulgence
"they want what others have, and they act in the interest of the self"
You blind Pharisee
The Pharisees were spiritually blind. Although they thought of themselves as teachers, they were unable to understand God's truth. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)
Clean first the inside of the cup and of the plate, so that the outside may become clean also
This is a metaphor that means that if they would become pure in their inner being, then the result is that they would be pure on the outside as well. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)