~ "Woe to You" ~

"Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees,
you hypocrites!
You travel over land and sea to win a single convert,
and when he becomes one,
you make him twice as much a son of hell as you are.

. . . "Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees,
you hypocrites!

You give a tenth of your spices --
mint, dill and cummin.
But you have neglected 
the more important matters of the law -- 
justice, mercy and faithfulness.
You should have practiced the latter,
without neglecting the former.
You blind guides!
You strain out a gnat
but swallow a camel."

(Matthew 23:15, 23-24)