The Dispraise of Jews in the Gospel
Jesus Christ cursed them with many of his woes:
This in the Holy Gospel according to St. Matthew, in chapter 23, he said:
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13- But woe to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because you shut the kingdom of heaven against men; for you yourselves do not enter in and those that are going in you suffer not to enter.”
And the following is written in the Gospel according to St. Luke, chapter 11:
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42- But woe to you, Pharisees, because you tithe mint and rue and every herb and pass over judgment and the charity of God. Now these things you ought to have done, and not to leave the other undone.
43- Woe to you, Pharisees, because you love the uppermost seats in the synagogue and salutations in the market place
44- Woe to you, because you are as sepulchers that appear not; and men that walk over are not aware.”
>> And he said:
“37-Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you that kill the prophets and stone them that are sent unto you…” Mat. , 23: 27
>> The Christ said also in Matthew’s Gospel, chapter 11 about the dispraise of Jews:
“21- Woe to you, Corozian! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For, if in Tyre and Sidon had been wrought the miracles that have been wrought in you, they had long ago done penance in sackcloth and ashes.
22- But I say unto you, it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the day of judgment than for you.
23- And you, Capharnaum, shall you be exalted up to heaven? You shall go down even unto hell. For, if in Sodom had been wrought the miracles that have been wrought in you, perhaps it had remained unto this day.
24- But I say unto you that it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment than for you.”
>> And he said in Matthew’s Gospel, chapter 12:
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34- O generation of vipers, how can you speak good things, whereas you are evil?”
>> Jesus Christ said also in Mat. Gospel, chapter 16 dispraising the Jews:
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4-A wicked and adulterous generation seeks after a sign.”
>> Moreover, he said in chapter 15 (Mat.) dispraising Jews:
“6- … and you have made void the commandment of God for your tradition.
7- Hypocrites, well has Isaiah prophesied of you, saying:
8- This people honor me with their lips, but their heart is far from me:
9- And in vain do they worship me, teaching doctrines and commandments of men.”
>> And he said:
“47- Woe to you who build the monuments of the prophets, and your fathers killed them.
48- Truly you bear witness that you consent to the doings of your fathers. For they indeed killed them, and you build their sepulchers.”