"You hypocrites! You snakes! You brood of vipers! How will you escape being condemned to hell?" Matthew 23:33
Apparently, this is the one and only sinner and sin that Jesus does not love. Quite rightly. Self-righteous religious are the sinners that offend the Holy Spirit crucifying Christ, the prophets and martyrs sent in his name.
PS. So, there is a difference between having a "moment" of being hypocritical but repenting and being an actual "hypocrite."
An actual religious hypocrite does not know he or she is such and therefore is unable to repent. Hypocrites like the religious that called for the killing of Christ offending the Holy Spirit (The unforgivable sin, Matthew 12:30-32).
Therefore, Jesus said, hypocrites are like "whitewashed sepulchers," keeping a semblance of good on the outside but internally promote division, hatred, selfishness and death.
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