Matthew 23:1-7 ▼

1 THEN Jesus spake to the multitudes and to his disciples,

2 saying, The scribes and Pharisees are seated on the chair of Moses;

3 all things therefore which they prescribe for you to observe, observe and practise; but do not according to their works, for they say, yet do not practise.

4 For they bind burdens grievous, and difficultly borne, and lay them on men's shoulders; but they will not move them with a finger of their own.

5 And all their works they do to be seen of men: they make their phylacteries broad, and deepen the fringes of their garments,

6 and love the principal couch at suppers, and the chief seats in the synagogues,

7 and salutations in the places of public concourse, and to be called of men, Rabbi, Rabbi.