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# you are like whitewashed tombs ... unclean
The scribes and Pharisees may appear to be pure on the outside, but they are wicked on the inside.
# whitewashed tombs
"tombs that someone has painted white." The Jews would paint tombs white so that people would easily see them and avoid touching them. Touching a tomb would make a person ceremonially unclean.