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Jesus directly rebukes leaders for obstructing others.
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Matthew 23:13

Obstructing Those Who Would Enter

Jesus Warns the Leaders and Laments Jerusalem · Matthew 23

Story guide: The blocked doorway illustrates the obstruction Jesus condemns; the kingdom itself is not pictured.

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13But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you shut the kingdom of heaven before people; for you do not enter, nor do you allow those who are entering to enter.

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