11 (A)The greatest among you shall be your servant. 12 (B)Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.

13 “But woe (C)to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you (D)shut the kingdom of heaven in people's faces. For you (E)neither enter yourselves nor allow those who would enter to go in.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 23:13 Some manuscripts add here (or after verse 12) verse 14: Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you devour widows' houses and for a pretense you make long prayers; therefore you will receive the greater condemnation

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