Mat 23:4-12 | ESV | STEP | They tie up heavy burdens , hard to bear , and lay them on people’s shoulders , but they themselves are not willing to move them with their finger .

a Luke 11:46; [ch. 11:28-30; Acts 15:10]

c[See ver. 1 above]

d ch. 6:1, 16; [John 5:44]

e Ex. 13:9; Deut. 6:8; 11:18

fSee ch. 9:20

i[See ver. 6 above]

kSee John 1:38

n Luke 22:32; John 21:23; See Philem. 16

p[1 Cor. 1:12; 3:4]

q ch. 6:9; Mal. 1:6; See ch. 7:11

rSee ch. 1:17

s ch. 20:26

t Luke 14:11; 18:14; [ch. 18:4; Prov. 29:23; Ezek. 21:26; James 4:6, 10; 1 Pet. 5:5, 6]

Matthew 23:4-12

4 ^aThey tie up heavy burdens, hard to bear, ^{▼▼Some manuscripts omit hard to bear} and lay them on people’s shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to move them with their finger. 5 ^cThey do all their deeds ^dto be seen by others. For they make ^etheir phylacteries broad and ^ftheir fringes long, 6 and they ^glove the place of honor at feasts and ^hthe best seats in the synagogues 7 and ⁱgreetings in ^jthe marketplaces and being called ^krabbi ^{▼▼ Rabbi means my teacher, or my master; also verse 8} by others. 8 ^mBut you are not to be called rabbi, for you have one teacher, and you are ⁿall brothers. ^{▼▼Or brothers and sisters} 9 ^pAnd call no man your father on earth, for ^qyou have one Father, who is in heaven. 10 Neither be called instructors, for you have one instructor, ^rthe Christ. 11 ^sThe greatest among you shall be your servant. 12 ^tWhoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.