Matthew 23:1-10 ▼

1 Then Jesus spoke to the crowds and to his disciples,

2 saying, The scribes and the Pharisees have set themselves down in Moses' seat:

3 all things therefore, whatever they may tell you, do and keep. But do not after their works, for they say and do not,

4 but bind burdens heavy and hard to bear, and lay them on the shoulders of men, but will not move them with their finger.

5 And all their works they do to be seen of men: for they make broad their phylacteries and enlarge the borders [of their garments],

6 and love the chief place in feasts and the first seats in the synagogues,

7 and salutations in the market-places, and to be called of men, Rabbi, Rabbi.

8 But ye, be not ye called Rabbi; for one is your instructor, and all ye are brethren.

9 And call not [any one] your father upon the earth; for one is your Father, he who is in the heavens.

10 Neither be called instructors, for one is your instructor, the Christ.