Matthew 23:1-15 ▼

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

2 saying, “The scribes and the Pharisees sat down on Moses’ seat.

3 Therefore do and observe all things, whatsoever they might tell you?. But do not do according to their works, for they speak and do not do.

4 And they tie up burdens heavy and hard to bear, and they lay them on the shoulders of men; but they themselves are not willing to move them with their finger.

5 And they do all their works in order to be seen by men. For they broaden their phylacteries and lengthen their tassels.

6 And they love the chief place at the suppers, and the first seats in the synagogues,

7 and the greetings in the marketplaces, and to be called ‘Rabbi’ by men.

8 But you? shall not be called ‘Rabbi,’ for your? Teacher is One, and you? are all brothers.

9 And you? shall call no one your? father on the earth, for One is your? Father who is in heaven.

10 Neither shall you? be called instructors, because One is your? Instructor, the Christ.

11 But the greatest among you? will be your? servant.

12 And whoever will exalt himself will be humbled, and whoever will humble himself will be exalted.

13 But woe to you?, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you? shut up the kingdom of the heavens before men. For you? do not enter, nor even do you? allow those who are entering to enter.

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15 Woe to you?, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you? traverse the sea and the dry land to make one convert, and when he might become one, you? make him twofold more a son of Gehenna than yourselves.