Matthew 23: 29-32 The Woes Part 7

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oh woe to you, you brood of snakes

Who wallow in the sin

Of looking back with flawless sight,

While not looking within.

 

You say, “I’d not have walked that path

Had I been living then”,

Only to pour disdain and rage

Upon your fellow men.

 

Do not look down on other’s sin

While writhing in your own,

For you will surely reap the fields

Of bitterness you’ve sown.

 

Turn back and seek the forgiveness

That you have failed to give.

Cast out the darkness from yours hearts,

And, in His Light, then live.

 

Matthew 23: 29-32

“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you build the tombs of the prophets and decorate the monuments of the righteous, saying, ‘If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we would not have taken part with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.’ Thus you witness against yourselves that you are sons of those who murdered the prophets. Fill up, then, the measure of your fathers. You serpents, you brood of vipers, how are you to escape being sentenced to hell?