Mat 23:4-7 | 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

g Luke 14:7, 8

h Luke 11:43

i[See ver. 6 above]

j ch. 11:16; 20:3

kSee John 1:38

Matthew 23:4-7

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.