For Biblical allusions, the following source is useful because you can plug in both a specific verse as well as the translation of choice. Most of the allusions in literature written well into the 20th century are to the King James Authorized Version (1611).
http://biblegateway.com/ Look up Matthew 23:27 in the King James Version.
Or, check this out and scroll through the various translations (the KJV is well down the list):
http://bible.cc/matthew/23-27.htm
Now after you've looked these up, go back to Conrad's text and reread the paragraph in which Marlow arrives in the city which always reminds him of a whited sepulchre. WHY? What is Marlow saying about the city in which the Company is headquartered?
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