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you are like whitewashed tombs ... unclean
This is a simile that means the scribes and Pharisees may appear to be pure on the outside, but they are wicked on the inside. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile)
whitewashed tombs
"tombs that someone has painted white." The Jews would paint tombs white so that people would easily see them and avoid touching them. Touching a tomb would make a person ceremonially unclean. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit)
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- rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/woe
- rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/scribe
- rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/pharisee
- rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/hypocrite
- rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/tomb
- rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/death
- rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/unclean
- rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/righteous
- rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/hypocrite
- rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/iniquity