I just retired from 40 years as an administrator in a Hawaii Catholic school. More than 75% of the teaching staff at this school voted for Zero. One of them a former nun.
Matthew 23:13
“But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you shut up the kingdom of heaven against men; for you neither go in yourselves, nor do you allow those who are entering to go in.
Matthew 23:14
“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you devour widows’ houses, and for a pretense make long prayers. Therefore you will receive greater condemnation.
Matthew 23:15
“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you travel land and sea to win one proselyte, and when he is won, you make him twice as much a son of hell as yourselves.
Matthew 23:16
“Woe to you, blind guides, who say, ‘Whoever swears by the temple, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gold of the temple, he is obliged to perform it.’
Matthew 23:17
“Fools and blind! For which is greater, the gold or the temple that sanctifies the gold?
Matthew 23:18
“And, ‘Whoever swears by the altar, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gift that is on it, he is obliged to perform it.’
Matthew 23:19
“Fools and blind! For which is greater, the gift or the altar that sanctifies the gift?
Matthew 23:20
“Therefore he who swears by the altar, swears by it and by all things on it.
Matthew 23:21
“He who swears by the temple, swears by it and by Him who dwells in it.
Matthew 23:22
“And he who swears by heaven, swears by the throne of God and by Him who sits on it.
Matthew 23:23
“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law: justice and mercy and faith. These you ought to have done, without leaving the others undone.
Matthew 23:24
“Blind guides, who strain out a gnat and swallow a camel!
Matthew 23:25
“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you cleanse the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full of extortion and self-indulgence.
Matthew 23:26
“Blind Pharisee, first cleanse the inside of the cup and dish, that the outside of them may be clean also.
Matthew 23:27
“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs which indeed appear beautiful outwardly, but inside are full of dead men's bones and all uncleanness.
Matthew 23:28
“Even so you also outwardly appear righteous to men, but inside you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.
(NKJV)
SOLI DEO GLORIA!