Matthew 23:12-14

New International Version

¹² For those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.^(A)

Seven Woes on the Teachers of the Law and the Pharisees

¹³ “Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites!^(B) You shut the door of the kingdom of heaven in people’s faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let those enter who are trying to.^{(C) [14] [a]}