Ye fools (μωρο). In 5:22 Jesus had warned against calling a man μωρος in a rage, but here he so terms the blind Pharisees for thei…

The temple that sanctifieth the gold. To sanctify is to make holy. The gold had no holiness except what it derived from the temple. If in …

The form of the fourth “woe” differs from all the rest. In the other seven, our Savior said, “Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites!”…

St. Jerome: Just as they sought a reputation for holiness by making their phylacteries and fringes broad, and in turn used th…

See comments on 5:33–37 and 15:14 for the background and thrust of these verses. While it may be true that the rabbis fought the abuses of oaths an…

You fools, and blind
That argue after so ridiculous a manner, that make use of such thin sophistry that everybody ma…

The scribes and Pharisees were enemies of the gospel of Christ, and therefore of the salvation of people's souls. It is bad to keep away from Chris…

After He instructed the disciples and the multitudes about the caution they should have regarding the Jews' doctrine, He now directs His words to t…