The Temple is Open
Unveiling the Hypocrisy: Words of Damnation
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I send unto you prophets, wise men, and scribes
I am sending prophets, wise men, and scribes to you
And some of them ye shall kill and crucify
Some of them you will kill and crucify
And some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues
Some will be scourged in your synagogues
And persecute them from all around the holy land
You will persecute them from all around the holy land
Because ye build the tombs of the prophets
This is because you build tombs for the prophets
And garnish the sepulchres of the righteous
You decorate the burial places of the righteous
Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers
Calling them serpents, a generation of vipers
How can ye escape the damnation of hell?
Questioning how you can escape hell's damnation
For ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men
You close off the kingdom of heaven to men
For ye neither go in yourselves
You neither enter yourselves
Neither suffer ye them that are entering to go
Nor do you allow others to enter
Therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation
As a result, you will receive greater damnation
For ye are like unto whited sepulchres
You are compared to whited sepulchres (tombs)
Which indeed appear beautiful outward
They may look beautiful outside
But are within full of dead men's bones
But inside, they are filled with dead men's bones, uncleanness, scorn, and filth
And of all uncleanness scorn and filth...
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And whoso shall swear by the temple
Those who swear by the temple are swearing by it and by the one dwelling in it
Sweareth by it, and by him that dwelleth therein
Similarly, one who swears by heaven is swearing by the throne of God and the one sitting on it
And he that shall swear by heaven, sweareth by the throne of God
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And by him that sitteth thereon
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