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Jesus’ teachings on hypocrisy

Answer Text:
The word hypocrisy means being insincere, dishonest or pretending to be something different from what one is.
An hypocrite, therefore, is someone who says one thing but does another. Jesus warned his disciples against the hypocrisy of the Pharisees.
One day a Pharisee invited Jesus to dine with him in his house. As they sat down for the meal, the Pharisee was astonished to see that Jesus did not wash hands before eating.
And Jesus said to him, Now you Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cups and of the dishes but inside you are full of extortion and wickedness.
By this Jesus meant that they were more concerned with the outward observance of the law instead of practicing of the law genuinely from the heart.