Ye build the sepulchres of the prophets.—See Note on Matthew 23:29. St. Luke omits the reference, which we find in St. Ma…

They pretended to have such regard for the holy men of the past that, being unable to honor them in person, they would set up monuments to their me…

St. Cyril of Alexandria: A rebuke that exalts the meek is generally hateful to the proud. Therefore, when our Savior was blami…

Some lavish tombs were built for royalty and others before and during the time of Christ. It was all very well for the experts in the law to build …

Woe to you
Meaning particularly the lawyers or Scribes, together with the Pharisees, and even the whole body of the p…

We should all look to our hearts, that they may be cleansed and new-created; and while we attend to the great things of the law and of the gospel, …