a Matt 23:1-7: Mark 12:38, 39; Luke 20:45, 46
b Deut 33:3f; Ezra 7:6, 25; Neh 8:4
c Luke 11:46; Acts 15:10
d Matt 6:1, 5, 16
e Ex 13:9; Deut 6:8; 11:18
g Matt 9:20
h Luke 11:43; 14:7; 20:46
i Matt 23:8; 26:25, 49; Mark 9:5; 10:51; 11:21; John 1:38, 49; 3:2, 26; 4:31; 6:25; 9:2; 11:8; 20:16

Matthew 23:1-7

1 aThen Jesus spoke to the crowds and to His disciples, 2saying: b“The scribes and the Pharisees have seated themselves in the chair of Moses; 3therefore all that they tell you, do and observe, but do not do according to their deeds; for they say things and do not do them. 4 c“They tie up heavy burdens and lay them on men’s shoulders, but they themselves are unwilling to move them with so much as a finger. 5“But they do all their deeds dto be noticed by men; for they ebroaden their ▼
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phylacteries and lengthen gthe tassels of their garments. 6“They hlove the place of honor at banquets and the chief seats in the synagogues, 7and respectful greetings in the market places, and being called iRabbi by men.
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