woe. The first of eight woes in (verses: Matthew 23:13-33). Compare Matthew 5:3. and see App-126. All the texts (with Syriac) transpose Matthew 23:13 and Matthew 23:14.
shut up. Compare Matthew 5:3.
the kingdom of heaven. See App-114.
heaven. the heavens. See note on Matthew 6:9; Matthew 6:10.
against. before: i.e. in men's faces.
neither. not, as in Matthew 23:4.