42 "How terrible it will be for you Pharisees! You give God a tenth of your garden plants, such as mint and rue. But you have forgotten to be fair and to love God. You should have practiced the last things without failing to do the first.
43 "How terrible for you Pharisees! You love the most important seats in the synagogues. You love having people greet you in the market places.
44 "How terrible for you! You are like graves that are not marked. People walk over them without knowing it."
45 An authority on the law spoke to Jesus. He said, "Teacher, when you say things like that, you say bad things about us too."
46 Jesus replied, "How terrible for you authorities on the law! You put such heavy loads on people that they can hardly carry them. But you yourselves will not lift one finger to help them.
47 "How terrible for you! You build tombs for the prophets. It was your people of long ago who killed them.
48 So you give witness that you agree with what your people did long ago. They killed the prophets, and now you build the prophets' tombs.