Ecclesiastes 1:9-11 What has been is what will be, and what has been done is what will be done, and there is nothing new under the sun....

Ecclesiastes 1:3 What does man gain by all the toil at which he toils under the sun? Nothing. Work is hebel. We work our whole lives and...

Now, I'd like to divide the passage up and look at it in sections to look a bit closer at what these verses are saying to us......

The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem. Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher, vanity of vanities! All is vanity....

Verses 27-28 - 27 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs, which outwardly appear beautiful,...

Verses 25-26 - 25 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you clean the outside of the cup and the plate, but inside they are...

After that introduction to Matthew 23, let’s look a bit closer at verses 23-28. Verses 23-24 - 23 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees,...

Matthew 23:1–36 (ESV): 23 Then Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples, 2 “The scribes and the Pharisees sit on Moses’ seat, 3 so...