Matthew 23:1-7 ▼

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

2 saying, “On the seat of Moses sat down the scribes and the Pharisees;

3 all, then, as much as they may say to you to observe, observe and do, but according to their works do not do, for they say, and do not do;

4 for they bind together burdens [too] heavy and grievous to bear, and lay [them] on the shoulders of men, but with their finger they will not move them.

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

6 they also cherish the first couches at the banquets, and the first seats in the synagogues,

7 and the salutations in the marketplaces, and to be called by men, Rabbi, Rabbi.