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.